If you are like myself, you more than likely have been spending years honing in your operating system to achieve the perfect blend of style, speed, and functionality. A few things I have come across over the years in particular are
TweakXP.com and
Microsoft PowerToys. A forum that I semi-almost-regularly post at is the
Tech Support Guy forums.
TweakXP provides much information, from very basic operating shortcuts through to advanced modification of the registry to squeeze that last ounce of perfection out of your finely tuned computing machine. Of course, backups, restore points, and faith in various deities helps greatly in tweaking endeavors, but my experience has been "you burn, you learn." Every time I've trashed my system I've come back with the knowledge of how to prevent it and perfect it even further.
I've also learned that downloading random shit isn't cool, and shouldn't be done. Trying to tell that to my dad, and to get him to stop sending me every damn thing he downloads in an email attachment, however, is another topic altogether.
Anyone else have some sites that they get widgets, gadgets, and otherwise 1337 c0mpu73r 7ooLs at?