When I look up anything about macros for Visual studio 2005, everyone is referencing the samples that ship with it. However, Visual studio was installed for me (IT department) and I do not have these sample macros.
Is there another place I can find(or download) them?
In VC 6 they used to be in a normal file from what I remember, but I'm not sure where they are kept in VS2005 and VS2008. I can't imagine that there is an install option to not include them.
Did you look in the Macro IDE or the Macro Explorer?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s2shw615(VS.80).aspx
The Macros IDE includes some sample macros for your study and use. They are located in a node called Samples and are available in either the Macro Explorer or the Macros IDE. The following is a list of the macro samples and a description of what they do.
Note that you can also create your own using the macro recorder (Ctrl+Shift+R). After you record some actions, stop recording (ctrl+shift+R again), you can view the macro source using the Macros IDE (Tools | Macros | Macros IDE).