Learn C++ from C

[Lindley]

I think that should be okay, with the caveat that in this day and age, you should strongly consider coding for IPv6 rather than IPv4.

I will certainly have a play with this, it may seem silly to use C++ with the Windows API, but because i know the API quite well from programming in C, i thought i would use it in trying to gather a better understanding of C++. Now i just need to drop my C habits ;-)

In my opinion, the biggest advantage of C++ over C is the simplification of memory management. Use of C-style APIs vs C++ APIs is a marginal difference by comparison, so I have no issue with you using C++ containers with WinAPI if that's what you like.