   Can someone help me out...
  Ok, I've been hard at work studying the book that I had bought and I have done a lot of C++ lately since then. I need to know how do I actually make a game in a non MS-DOS window with C++, I'm not asking for an explanation but I couldn't seem to find an article on it anywhere. Can anyone get me a link or two?   
  try sdl,here is a great tutorial, and there are many more good ones you can find here on gamedevhttp://lazyfooproductions.com/SDL_tutorials/index.php   