Getting same error on System: Windows 7 version 6.1 running on x86; Cp1252; en_US (nb) Using -->> (mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.33b-win32.msi) mySQL is up and running (mysql-5.5.10-win32.msi), The older verion of GUI Tools is able to connect(mysql-gui-tools-5.0-r17-win32.msi) ...