Ogma

I usually use visio for diagrams, write pseudocode, and create skeleton GUIs in visual studio. Using Visual Studio to design interfaces is great because even if your not going to be coding in it, and the final product isn't going to be produced there. It takes less then 5 minutes to make a working GUI. As with all aspects of IT the more you document what your doing, the better. Get in a habit of it.

When you write file names like C:\Bla\bla.txt C++ sees it as C:Blabla.txt. This is because \ is reserved for escape sequences. So you need to use the escape sequence to make the \. So it should be C:\\Bla\\bla.txt

I am working on a laptop for a client, it is a Toshiba Satellite M115-S3094. The display was not turning on and plugging an external monitor in didn't fix the problem either. I figured it was a motherboard problem since the external display wasn't working with it so I ordered them a new motherboard. I installed the new motherboard and still nothing. So I'm thinking now maybe the display inverter is the problem but wouldn't the external display still work even if the display inverter is the problem?

C# is a great language for some things. C# is highly favored for business applications because of the ease and speed of development. The Microsoft "How Do I" series is good. Also the VTC C# dvds are good. As far as books go, I like Apress Illustrated C# 2008.

Anti-virus is an important extra layer of security but it is not very hard for an attacker to beat your AV. If it is obvious that you are infected but your virus scanner is not picking anything up, back up and wipe the machine. If you have reason to suspect infection but you aren't sure and your virus scanner isn't picking anything up, hubbing out and sniffing your traffic with wireshark is a good way to detect malware. Also its a good idea to check your traffic after a successful virus scan to make sure there aren't other undetected backdoors or anything. Just make sure you stop any services or programs that would be generating network traffic to get rid of the extra noise on the network.