Visual Studio resources

Getting Started with Visual Studio

Object Oriented Programming

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/22769/Introduction-to-Object-Oriented-Programming-Concep

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/Vstudio/dd460654

Tutorials

14 chapter online tutorial on Visual Basic.net

http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/NET/vbNet.html

25 segment Visual Basic video series from Microsoft.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Visual-Basic-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners

25 segment C# video series from Microsoft
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/C-Sharp-Fundamentals-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners

21 segment video series from Microsoft on HTML5 and CSS
http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/HTML5-CSS3-Fundamentals-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners?page=1

Visual Basic and C# resources from MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh334523.aspx

Application development in Visual Studio

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h8w79z10.aspx

Sample Applications

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio

What C# devs should know about Visual Basic

http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2008/12/01/what-c-devs-should-know-about-vb.aspx

Working with data

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171883.aspx

Windows Forms

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd30h2yb.aspx

WPF

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms754130.aspx

XAML

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms752059.aspx

LINQ

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/Vstudio/bb397926

Entity Framework

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-US?query=entity%20framework&emptyWatermark=true&searchButtonTooltip=Search%20MSDN&ac=3

Visual Studio Express Install

http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.aspx

Windows 8 Customization

Several nice tips about making Windows 8.1 more usable as a desktop.
http://www.informationweek.com/windows-8/windows-81-desktop-pc-installs-8-tips/d/d-id/1112003?cid=sbx_iwk_related_mostpopular_default_nasdaq_breaks_2000_barrier&itc=sbx_iwk_related_mostpopular_default_nasdaq_breaks_2000_barrier&page_number=1

An open source project to replace the <START> button functionality.
http://www.classicshell.net/