Hello everyone,
I finally setup a webpage where you can download my Windows / DirectX examples I have posted previously (some from a year or more ago). They will be updated periodically with more and more examples until they are finished. The book examples that I'm working on now are:

Programming Windows - Charles Petzold
Windows Game programming for dummies [will be posted shortly]
Focus on 2D in Direct 3D
3D Game programming with DirectX 9.0

You can visit my site at: http://users.egl.net/talktomatt/default.html

I've included instructions on how to setup and recompile the examples, If you have any trouble, let me know and I'll see what I can do
MadMatt