Windows for Linux/Power users

I am not really a Linux guru and I am not a Windows power user. However, I am comfortable in either environment. I do several things in each that make my life easier, and in general I try to make the two environments similar when I configure them. Below are some useful links I have collected for doing some snazzy/slick things with Windows that might not be for the average user. These are especially useful if you are a Linux guy working in a Windows world.

• Microsoft released some power toys for Windows that includes a desktop management system and some other nice tweaks.
• You can try X Mouse to get X11 mouse behavior in Windows. Highlighting cut-and-paste is useful.
  
• I have never used them, but MinGW is a collection of free header files and libraries for compiling windows programs that run without external dlls, such as cygwin's.
• Xming has been recommended to me as a good X-windows program for windows. Here are some notes. I tend to use whatever I find installed on my computer already.
• Last but not least, here are a few other people's lists of useful tools and tricks for those living in a Windows world:
  • Simon Peyton Jones has made a nice win32 cheat sheet
  • Win32 - GNU - Linux by Gregor Mitsch
  • David Welton put together a Windows for Linux users guide
  • My graduate school advisor, John Regehr, put together Windows Software for Unix Users