PHP Forum Help

hi i was wondering if you cud help me, i have visited a site called phpbb.com and downlaoded there forum software, the thing is i've never used a forum package before so i don't know what i'm doing, i wonder if you know where there is a step by step guide to uploading my files and creatign my forum cheers, oh and what file do i need to open my .php files with, i haven't a clue, thank you

Have you read the documentation at all?

yeh i checked the documentation and i downloaded mysql but theres a problem, i have the database, which is microsoft access but where do i put mysql, how do i get it into my database and what do i do after that??

please help

MySQL is different than Microsoft Access.
Well, they're sort of the same, but your statements lead me to believe you expect to connect to Access from MySQL?
which isn't going to happen.

Make sure MySQL is running.
At the command line, go to the bin directory within your MySQL directory, and type "mysql"
If it connects, then you're in and MySQL is installed and working... otherwise, you might have missed a step in the installation of MySQL.
you might want to refer to MySQL's documentation on Installing MySQL...

If you want to use Access, refer to the section in phpBB documentation