Well, I'm back from downloading that Visual C++ Express, and I can't believe how full of crap this piece of software is.
Now I really understand why you said that I would really need luck.
Oh and... some question (this topic is really mixed up)
How come g++ (MinGW) makes a 477kb C++ "Hello World" program, when gcc makes a 15kb C "Hello World" program and VC++ makes a 47kb C "Hello World" program and a 38.5kb C++ "Hello World" Program?