C++ Links	Bjarne Stroustrup's (designer of C++) homepage and C++ page Cambridge University has a lot of links for C++ @ http://www-h.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/languages/C++.html
Tutorials /Online books	http://oopweb.com/CPP/Files/CPP.html  http://www.allfreetutorials.com/index.php?pg=cplusplus-tutorials.htm One of  the (free) C++ book I like : http://www.relisoft.com/book/
Visual C++	Deitel and Deitel provide a nice introduction to introduction to Visual C++ 6  which available here: http://www.deitel.com/books/cppHTP4/DiveIntoVCPP6.zip