So, tell me what your must have toys\tools are: toys could be Peripherals like sound\video cards, keyboards etc... and tools are software free or pay.
Sometimes, you can find very useful tools here :
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com
cool site Erol
i typed microsoft into the search tool and came up with a few interesting programs that i wasn't aware of
one is this program for stitching pan images...
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/soft/162612/
another is WorldWide Telescope...
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/soft/490746/
a site i always liked is filehippo.com
not only a good place to get older/recent versions of software, but a good place to see what is popular
oh - a couple of bookmarks that most in here probably already know...
http://www.dougknox.com/
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp.htm
ok - one more handy tool i like - lol - i suppose i have a million of these :bg
Romain Petges' Attribute Changer
http://www.petges.lu/