Arg, I've wanted to know the answer to these since I started VB (which was not long ago :

How the ***** do you display the IE link/hand cursor, and not that crappy one in the common/graphics/cursors folder?!??!?!?

How do server, ping programs like Gamespy work!? How do you scan for servers of a specified type? I've heard several explinations... also, can this be done with VB?!

Any hints to the answers would be great.