I installed MySQL using mysql-installer-5.5.20.0.msi on Windows 7. From the cmd window, I run \"mysqlshow -u root -p\". It asked for a password, then return
for who person that want use mysql or mariadb with out any error i suggest use version 5.5
just download a zip file mariadb-5.5.65-winx64.zip
from https://downloads.mariadb.org/mariadb/5.5.65/ and to install follow this tutorial setp by step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEPs6JsTZFc (this tutorial works well for version 5.5 too )