Problem with eCart4 Getting Started Guide

I am in the process of working my way through the GSG for eCart4.

I have made it to page 50. Which means I have completed the shopping
cart made the changes to the music, gear and cart pages as outlined in the
GSG.

I have connected to the local\host and am using PHP by way of WAMP.

Apache Ver. 2.2.11
PHP Ver. 5.2.8
MySQL Ver 5.1.30

I am logged into the local\host, Dreamweaver has logged into MySQL, I can see and work with the e-cart.

I wanted to view the completed page with the images but I keep getting the following
error message in my IE7 Browser:

Warning: mysql_pconnect() [function.mysql-pconnect]: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in C:\wamp\www\eCart_4\dynamic\store_php2\store_dynamic_sp_php\Connections\connBSM.php on line 9

Fatal error: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in C:\wamp\www\eCart_4\dynamic\store_php2\store_dynamic_sp_php\Connections\connBSM.php on line 9

This means that your connection is not set up right. You may have a bad sql server location, username, or password, but the credentials you are using are not working. Maybe contact your host and make sure you have the correct database connection information.