VS2005 C++ won't build and crashes

[denton]

I want to start coding in C++ but this always happens:{
Most often it says build started, never finishes, and freezes.
Sometimes I get an error about a background thread problem and VS that
must shut the program down.

I have XP Home edition, Is this okay? I have XP Pro edition also but
do I have to have the XP Pro upgrade to upgrade to Pro?

[denton]

I tried VC++ 2005 Express also but get the same errors:

Compiling...
TestCplus.cpp
TestCplus.cpp(4 ) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open precompiled header file:
'Debug/TestCplus.pch': No such file or directory
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Name\M y
Documents\Visua l Studio\Projects \TestCplus\Test Cplus\Debug\Bui ldLog.htm"
TestCplus - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)

VS 2005 Beta:
fatal error C10903: API call 'ImportFile' failed '0x80070002' :
ErrorMessage: The system cannot find the file specified

This error often occurs when I start the programs up:
IServiceProvide r::QueryService was called on a background thread. This is
unsupported
and may cause Visual Studio to crash. Select Fail to abor this call and
return an error to
the caller.

Select Ignore to disregard this warning and allow the call to succeeed.
Addtional
information is provided below. Pleaser report this problem, the details
below, and
instructions on how to reproduce to Microsoft.

Service : {6D5140D3-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}
Interface: {77BB19B0-0462-11D1-AAF6-00A0C9055A90}
Process ID: 3632 (0xe30)
Thread ID: 2124 (0x84c)

"denton" wrote:

I want to start coding in C++ but this always happens:{
Most often it says build started, never finishes, and freezes.
Sometimes I get an error about a background thread problem and VS that
must shut the program down.

I have XP Home edition, Is this okay? I have XP Pro edition also but
do I have to have the XP Pro upgrade to upgrade to Pro?

[Peter van der Goes]

"denton" <de*******@yaho o.com> wrote in message
news:66******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

I want to start coding in C++ but this always happens:{
Most often it says build started, never finishes, and freezes.
Sometimes I get an error about a background thread problem and VS that
must shut the program down.

I have XP Home edition, Is this okay? I have XP Pro edition also but
do I have to have the XP Pro upgrade to upgrade to Pro?

1. Can you show us the code that is causing the message?
2. If help doesn't arrive here, the newsgroups for VS 2005 (beta) can be
found here:

http://communities.microsoft.com/new...y&amp;slcid=us
--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.