error C2065: 'cout' : undeclared identifier

Question

I am working on the \'driver\' part of my programing assignment and i keep getting this absurd error:

error C2065: \'cout\' : undeclared identifier

Answer 1

I've seen similar things happen when I was using the .c file extension with C++ code. Other than that, I'd have to agree with everyone about a buggy installation. Does it work if you try to compile the project with an earlier release of VS? Try VC++ Express 2008. Its free on msdn.