I don't know any compilable programming language, so I don't have a clue what compiler to use.
The school I (hopefully) will go to, teaches C.
I need a free C compiler for windows.. should be "easy" to use, so I guess an IDE would be helpful.

No, I don't want to compile C++ code..
The only languages I know: PHP and mIRC

Thanks in advance :)

'Dev cpp' is free and good. I use it myself. Can be used for both C aswell as C++

You can download it at http://www.bloodshed.net

Yeah, dev cpp is really good. I used DJGPP before and it was really annoying

Yeah, it's awesome and easy to use once you go through a few tutorials on the site. Also try LCC, it's more basic but smaller download.
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/
I also highly recommend freeware Crimson Editor for viewing and editing C source files.
http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

Thanks guys
right now I like lcc-win32 the most, the MinGW developer studio seems nice too..
Dev-C++ seems ok, but not very user-friendly imho.

Personally, I like gcc within cygwin. (http://www.cygwin.com)
But, unless you know some linux, cygwin probably won't be very user friendly ;)

Certainly cygwin is not user friendly, I tried to use it and bleh, I couldnt. I should have read manuals