[jdev] Talk To Jabber Server Using Sockets

[Remko Tronçon]

> Unlike the world of unix/ linux if one clicks on an installer in
> windows everything works.

Which clearly shows by the amount of hours you lost so far in trying
to get something compiling on Windows which works out of the box on
Unix-based platforms.

> I am thinking of writing a quick xmpp client myself ...

Given the type of questions you have, I would strongly encourage
trying out an existing library first to get some basic understanding
of networking and XMPP in general. Maybe consider using a different
language than C++, one that is easier to get working on Windows (which
is a hard platform to do C++-based development on, especially when
using external libraries)

cheers,
Remko