I really have no idea what you're doing. phpMyAdmin is for mysql, not mssql. You shouldn't be using it for this product.
That's where the root came from.
Since you are using MSSQL, your username in that config is 'sa' and your password is the password you made during the MSSQL configuration. The server name is the thing you see when you log into SQL Server Management Studio Express. (which looks right, it should be something like USER-PC\SQLEXPRESS)
And yes, the error is here:
Code:
function mssql_connect_ini($mssql_server,$mssql_username,$mssql_password) {
$mssql_connect = mssql_connect($mssql_server, $mssql_username, $mssql_password) or die ("<strong>Cannot connect to the MSSQL server.</strong>");
So if you see that error, it means that one of those 3 things aren't correct, or your MSSQL service isn't even running.
I do have a bad feeling that you're running mysql for some reason though, please tell me you at least have mssql.