Installing Drupal

I face in the very first steps the dead-end on installation process.
I have for mysql a user password with @ character inside it.
I am not discus to a change the password I have. This is impossible at the moment.
But the script can’t connect to db with that string on settings.php
>$db_url = 'mysql://user:pass@word@localhost/database';
It is possible to get around of that?

i am using vhcs and recently downloaded and installed drupal, it's all on a machine labeled localhost, how should i set this up?

i don't have my .com domains setup yet, i've got them hosted under another service provider.

im trying to install drupal on my server

i get theses errors

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/user/public_html/necro/sites/default/settings.php:130) in /home/user/public_html/necro/includes/session.inc on line 10

warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/user/public_html/necro/sites/default/settings.php:130) in /home/user/public_html/necro/includes/common.inc on line 99.

how do i correct this

When I do a search I get the contents of the front page. I've tried a number of searches.
The only difference is the breadcrumb disappears, but the listings are as front page. 75% of the site has been indexed, with cron set up from the web host 'webcron'. Reports from them are successful jobs.

Also, my 4.6 test site on my home computer returns no results and does the same thing.
I can see there is no error in the logs.

Any ideas of how to proceed with checks?
You can test it on m site at:

A similar topic has been asked before, but I couldn't find the help I needed by searching. I followed the instructions in install.txt to add seperate Drupal sites on a single installation, but it doesn't seem to work.

I added folders below the sites folder with specific database settings and paths, but when I browse to the address Drupal shows a "page not found" message. I can't seem to login to the seperate sites or post to them. What could I be missing? I followed the instructions to the letter...

I've doublechecked all the required variables in settings.php to make sure they are correct. I point my browser to my drupal-4.6.0 and it takes me to the setup page where I create my first account. If I click on anything in this page, it takes me to my index page of my website, a blank, PHP document named index.php.

The files are in my database, I'm using the correct username, password, host, and database name.

I've even tried deleting everything and starting over again.

My home page for my drupal website is