Geek opinions / recommendations for XP requested

[tomato]

I lost all my software except for the Microsoft Suite when I had to blank my HD a month ago to get rid of a virus.

Part of the software I lost was my photo editing software, my CD burning software (I believe it was Roxio?) my DVD player, and some other stuff I don't even remember.

Does anyone have some recommendations for any shareware they use to do photo editing on the HD (as opposed to uploading photos to services such as picasa, etc.) and CD / DVD burning software?

This computer is running XP BTW.

I was suprised to notice that nothing came with the computer, so once I blanked the drive, all I had was the restore CD with some of the drivers (not all), the OS and the MS suite I bought separately.

Any ideas greatly appreciated.

PS. I know I will have to replace this computer in the near future because it's getting a bit long in the tooth so I don't want to spend tons of money on software for XP.