Originally Posted by ssjnamek eh did you download .net? if you did you may have some problems C++.net and C++ are TWO different things .net generates that error and seems to need that stdafx.h but if its .net then the tutorials on this site are a LITTLE outdated and not sure if they will run or not if you use visual studio 6.0 you will have no problem I'm not sure if it's .net or not. Microsoft Visual C++ Express Edition Beta 2005.