I want to thank you for your time in creating this walkthrough.
I had a problem using VS.NET however
First it doesn't work with Netscape and I HATE IE.
I created an account and filled in all the options exactly as you said to do.
I got my email and clicked the link included in the email to login.
After waiting about 5 minutes my screen refreshed to show me my server picture.
I clicked on the "click here to access your server" link and a new window opened to a black screen.
Seconds later I got the Active X warning popup for which I clicked the YES option.
I then got to a second login window in which my user name was already in place and all I had to do was type in my password.
Typing in my password created a bunch of black dots to mask the input and no matter what I typed in it would not accept my password. I know about it being case sensitive and had my firewall shutoff. Not sure why, it may be Windows 98 which I use on this pc. I gave up after 2 hours and creating 3 seperate accounts for VS.NET to no avail.
I then downloaded a free C++ compiler called "Dev-C++"
http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html
I tried to "guess" my way through it. I did manage to compile something that included 147 errors. That did me no good.
Could anyone recommend a free download of a C++ compiler that would be able to create the files needed? Or Anyone out there familiar with Dev-C++ that could help me out?
Thanks in Advance,
Farmer Ted