Oops - I got Jason and VS confused... sorry Jason. And thanks for helping out with the support list! :)
Meanwhile, VS - check the drupal/sites directory. Somehow the settings file you think is being used (the one you attached) isn't the one really being used.
Well, regardless of what has happened on previous setups, this setup isn't using the settings.php that you previously attached... that settings file has a password in the mysql setup, and the error message you are getting indicates that no password is being used to connect to mysql. Hence, a different settings.php file is being used somehow.
I'd look at the drupal/sites directory closely to see if there is something there that is pulling from a different settings file.
Cheers, --Katin
I have had no problems on several setups using the default of:
sites/default/settings.php
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