May 31 2008
New Article Up
Vista – Benchmarking The Tweaks
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May 29 2008
CCleaner v2.08.588
[29th May 2008]
CCleaner v2.08New
- Added Startup tool enable/disable checkbox.
- Fixed problem with Vista “low” folders being removed.
- Improved index.dat detection on multiple scans.
- Secure deletion improved with IE History index.dat files.
- Added OS detection to INI files.
- Added Vista Thumbnail Cache cleaning.
- Added ImgBurn cleaning.
- Added Secure deletion to “Recent Documents” cleaning.
- Improved Vista “Recent Documents” cleaning.
- Fixed bug with Chkdsk chk files not being removed.
- Added “Select all” checkbox to header of Registry cleaner.
- Added sorting to Startup tool listview.
- Fixed Vista 64 issue with Startup tool.
- Added Croatian translation.
- Minor tweaks and GUI improvements.
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May 28 2008
Sysinternals Cool Tools: Updates and Sysinternals Live beta
Sysinternals Live: We’re excited to announce the beta of Sysinternals Live, a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them. Simply enter a tool’s Sysinternals Live path into Windows Explorer or a command prompt as \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\
or view the entire Sysinternals Live tools directory in a browser at http://live.sysinternals.com. Process Explorer v11.20: Process Explorer now shows thread permissions, adds process working set minimum and maximum columns, and fixes a bug that allows it to run from read-only locations on 64-bit Windows.
ZoomIt v2.0: This major ZoomIt update adds the drawing color pink, adds screen blanking to the undo history, extends the maximum pen size from 9 to 19 pixels, has an option to hide the tray icon and makes it easy to save zoomed and annotated screens as bitmap files.
Sigcheck v1.53: The CSV column headers have been fixed to correctly reflect the extended version and hash options.
Handle v3.4: This release fixes a bug that allows it to run from read-only locations on 64-bit Windows and adds an option to show the sizes of pagefile-backed sections.
May 21 2008
ATI Catalyst 8.5 Drivers Released
32 & 64-bit for XP, Vista & Linux .
Download
Release Notes
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May 20 2008
IE7Pro v2.3 Is Out
Download & Info. Some changes, some bugfixes. If you use IE7 and you ain’t using IE7Pro you are wrong! 
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May 16 2008
JkDefragGUI 1.02
JkDefragGUI is an Graphical User Interface which allows you to easily select all the features JkDefrag, a freeware defragmentation tool made by Jeroen Kessels has to offer. But is can do a lot more. JkDefragGUI can schedule a defragmentation, install JkDefrag or it’s screensaver but can also do some small maintenance to your computer. It can be used to schedule a defragmentation of your systemfiles like pagefile and registry files. JkDefragGUI also supports CCleaner which can be used instead of the internal cleaning function. It can also erase any information which is left behind on your harddisk after erasing files. JkDefragGUI was created for people who don’t have the skills of an advanced user but still want to use the powerful features JkDefrag has to offer or for those people who like a GUI instead of using the command line. JkDefragGUI is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, U3 memory pens and with BartPE pre-installed environment.
May 16 2008
Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista
In this article, we will look at five features of Windows Vista that are often misunderstood, provide their background and rationale, and present the straight scoop on how to deal with them. Based on feedback from IT professionals, these features are: User Account Control, Image Management, Display Driver Model, Windows Search, and 64-bit architecture.
edit – Eric B wrote in to say the link is dead. Dunno why they pulled it unless something in the pdf isn’t as they want it (mistake?). Anyway, since I see to prohibition against distributuion I’ve put it on my server:
http://www.tweakhound.com/blog/images/FiveMisunderstoodFeaturesInWindowsVista.pdf
May 13 2008
Time To Run Windows Update
Updates available for 2k, XP, 2k3, Vista, Office 2007, Windows Mail…………
May 13 2008
Nvidia 175.16 WHQL Drivers Out
32 & 64-bit downloads available for XP, Vista. Version 175.16 is available for Linux too.
Nvidia driver page.
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May 12 2008
Gaming Performance: Windows Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3
Extreme benchmarks gaming in Vista SP1 v. XP SP3.
As many a tech analyst predicted, Windows Vista’s gaming performance conundrum has largely been solved, and it was mainly due to early graphics drivers.
May 12 2008
Sysinternals Updates: Autoruns v9.2, Process Monitor v1.33, AccessChk v4.1
Autoruns v9.2: In order to better support assisted troubleshooting, Autoruns – an autostart analyzer – now exports and imports scan results to enable viewing results on other systems, adds support for enabling and deleting Winsock notification DLLs, and fixes a number of 64-bit Windows issues.
Process Monitor v1.33: This update to Process Monitor, a real-time file, thread, DLL and performance monitoring utility, improves 32-bit stack walking on 64-bit Windows, fixes a driver bug that could cause crashes on 64-bit Windows, and preserves profiling information by default when saving log files.
AccessChk v4.1: AccessChk, a command-line utility for analyzing effective permissions on files, registry keys, process and more, now interprets Windows Vista process owner rights and can show permissions on active threads.
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