C++ Learning & Windows API

Regarding Ezekiel's comment on

[url]http://www.all-nettools.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=2*705[/url]
[QUOTE=Ezekiel;2*705]Step *: learn a powerful language such as C or C++.
Step 2: learn the Windows API.

The rest should come naturally.[/QUOTE]


*. Can anyone point me please to where I can learn C/CPP (I want to learn these specific languages)?

2. And also point me to where I can learn Socket Programming

*. [B]And most important - [/B] to point me to where I can learn Windows API

Thanks!

The following website has some pretty good C++ tutorials. I haven't studed C++ much (I do PHP and C#), but this site is still pretty good.

[url]http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html[/url]

As for Windows API, I've never really had to use it, so I kinda stopped learning it.