MySQL connection failing in Vista & VS2005

Hi,

I have been using VS2005 under XP pro fine.

I have just upgraded to Vista (downgraded maybe ;))  and I have opened one of my 'Working' websites that uses MySQL, using reference to the MySQL 1.08 ASP Connector.

I get the following error (btw I can connect to the DB fine through my DBtools DB manager software and the command promt so I know the DB is fine)

Unable to connect to any of the specified MySQL hosts

An example of the code is the following:

Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient

 Public Shared Function CreateDataSet(ByVal SQL As String)
        Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection("server=localhost; user id=root; password=******; database=aa; pooling=false;")
        myConnection.Open()
        Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand(SQL, myConnection)
        Dim myAdapter As New MySqlDataAdapter(myCommand)
        Dim ds As New DataSet()
        myAdapter.Fill(ds)
        Return ds
    End Function

Thanks