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Free Compilers and Tools

Dev-C++ Dev-C++ is a Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for  C/C++. It includes the MinGW port of GCC as it's compiler.
Code::Blocks Code::Blocks is an IDE for C/C++.  It includes the MinGW port of GCC, and also supports the MS Visual Toolkit, and the free command line compiler from Borland.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express A free C++ Win32 compiler and IDE from Microsoft.
Borland C++ Builder A free C++ Win32 compiler from Borland.  You will need to register before downloading.
DJGPP A free C++ compiler for DOS.

ResEdit A free Resource Editor for Win32 programs.

GDIView A utility that displays list a of GDI handles used by each process. It's useful for spotting GDI leaks.
Winspector A free alternative to Spy++.  It's utility that displays window information as well as window messages.

 

Tutorials and References

MSDN The Microsoft Developers Network.  Microsoft's online reference.
MS Platform SDK The Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit contains reference information on the Windows API.
Code Project Forums and Code samples for software developers.
SourceForge SourceForge hosts a large collection of open source projects.
Cfanatic A forum for C, Win32, C++, MFC, C# developers.
Reliable Software A Win32 tutorial for advanced C++ users.

the Forger A Win32 tutorial for C++.

FunctionX A Win32 programming reference, by FunctionX.

Dev-C++ Resource Site API references, tutorials, online resources, documentation downloads, etc. about C/C++ and Win32 programming.
Thinking in C++ Thinking in C++ 2nd Edition. An excellent book on C++ by Bruce Eckel. Available Online.