Hi Jeroen, thank's a lot for the advice. I have done a reset of the mysql psw and thing's went quite well, exept now I'm getting this:
Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/e-smith/files/primary/html/napro4/include/functions/mysql.fnc on line 237
Warning: Access denied for user: 'root@localhost' (Using password: NO) in /home/e-smith/files/primary/html/napro4/include/functions/mysql.fnc on line 91
I believe some coding is needed here, but I still do not understand why it's saying "using password: no" even the initial setup went quite smothely , just had to reset ownership in the primary directory

I am trying to use netautor
http://www.netautor.com , an excellent php app server. Give it a try , so maybe you drop into the same problems and may tell me a bit more

In the mine time I will do the install on caldera open linux and look forward doing it on the SME.
Hasta luego, Peter