MySql set password for "root" user

How to set password for 'root' users on mysql

1. Start mysqld with below option
2. c:> mysqld --defaults-file=c:\mysqlc\my.ini --console --skip-grant-tables

1. start mysql client
2. use mysql
3. update user set password=PASSWORD('newpassword') where user='root"
4. FLUSH PRIVILEGES

restart mysqld without --skip-grant-tables option.. thats all