[Typo3] Can't Login to BE after install

[S*tan]

I have the same problem with one difference: I'm running Apache instead 
of IIS.
I guess it has something to do with mysql, because typo3 says 
"succesfully connected to mysql server" (in the setup process), but if I 
create a new admin-account (no errors in typo3) and check with 
phpmyadmin there is no new account. there's just the non-working 
admin-account. also, importing the typo3conf/database.sql manually fails 
because of too long descriptions in the "static_[..]"-tables (at least 
this is what the mysql-server says).
I appreciate any suggestions because I'm totally helpless...


John Crosby schrieb:
> I've installed v3.8.1 on 
>     - Windows Server 2003
>     - IIS 6.0
>     - PHP 5
>     - MySql 5
>  
> I've installed the Quickstart, Test and Dummy versions. Everything works
> great until I get to the point of logging into the BE.
>  
> I've also searched the archives for the answer. I've seen posts saying the
> problem has been answered, but can't find the answer. I'm pretty much at
> witts end. ;( 
>  
> Can someone please point me to a solution or help out? 
>  
> TIA
>  
> - John