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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Friday News

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Clonezilla 2.8.0-27
Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image or Macrium Reflect.
A few enhancements and bugfixes. Linux kernel updated to 5.14.6-3.
I usually use the “alternative stable” download as it is based on Ubuntu.
Download | Release Info

7-Zip 21.06
Bugfix for this weeks v21.05 release.
Download | Release History

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 5 for Windows 11
UWT is a useful tool for Win10 when used judiciously. Not using Win11 so let me know how it goes.
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TorGuard Black Friday Sale
60% Off. Plans from $4 per month or $24 a year!
During checkout I chose Anonymous VPN Pro 3 year for $90 which works out to $30 per year.

Sunday Random Stuff…

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I’m still musing about my next smart phone (past comments here and here). The Pixel 6 seems to have a number of issues including slow charging and and slow fingerprint reader. Perhaps if they get this stuff sorted out?
I’m hesitant on Samsung devices because of all the bloatware installed on them.
I’m not interested in Apple devices.
See some consumer reviews:
https://www.verizon.com/smartphones/google-pixel-6/
https://www.verizon.com/smartphones/google-pixel-6-pro/

Win10 21H2
Installed on 2 devices (busy with work) and no major issues. You’ll want to check any disabled network connections and O&O ShutUp10 settings.

7-Zip 21.05
File archiver/extractor. There hasn’t been a non-beta release since v19 in February, 2019.
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Audacity 3.1.2
4 hotfixes.
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DuckDuckGo
Introducing App Tracking Protection for Android: The easiest way to block trackers lurking in your apps
Introducing Email Protection: The easy way to block email trackers and hide your address

Win10 21H2 Out

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Go to Windows Update and choose Check for updates > if you don’t see it the go to the Download Windows 10 site choose Windows 10 November 2021 Update(You can download a full 21H2 install media too.) > double-click to run the file you just downloaded.
That is exactly what the update file does. It downloaded the 3.8GB install media and installed it.
Files was: 19044.1288.211006-0501.21h2_release_svc_refresh_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_x64FRE_en-us.esd

Sunday News

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BleachBit 4.4.2
Over a dozen fixes.
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Audacity 3.1.1
“This is a hotfix release.”
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Notepad++ 8.1.9.1
1/2 dozen fixes.
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AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.11.2 Optional Drivers
Support for Battlefield 2042.
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Intel Graphics Windows DCH Drivers
v30.0.101.1069. Support for Alder Lake. Improved game loading times for a few games.
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Macrium Reflect Updated

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Macrium Reflect 8.0.6353
They have a blog post dated yesterday exclaiming Reflect 8 Free is out now!
I find this to be rather odd since I’ve been using version 8 (free) since May and provided the links here.
Anywho… There’s a bunch of fixes and Win11 support.
Download | Release Notes

For those new here, I use Macrium Reflect to create disk images on all my computers. I use a bootable USB drive via the Create Rescue Media menu option. I only do backups offline. Old habits die hard.
https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW80/Macrium+Reflect+User+Guide
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