http://www.startsiden.no | A pretty good norwegian portal. |
http://rookscape.com/vbgaming/files.php | A good Visual Basic resource related to game programming. |
http://www.freevbcode.com/ | Contains numerous Visual Basic examples. |
http://www.codeguru.com | Free source code and forums for programers. Contains thousands of examples, ranging from beginners level and upwards. |
http://www.planet-source-code.com | An excellent user content-driven site that contains if not millions of submissions from programmers all around the world. Definitively a good place to start. |
http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/ | In my opinion the best Visual Basic forum out there. If you're stuck, this is most certainly a good place to seek help. |
Visual Basic Control Creation Edition | Download a free edtion of VB5 here. Keep in mind that compiling to EXE files is not supported. |
Visual Studio Express | A free IDE for .NET 2-framework by Microsoft; has no restrictions whatsoever, unlike VBCCE. |
SharpDevelop | A open software-licenced IDE for the .NET-framework. |