Addresses over 60 vulnerabilities.
Win10 – October 8, 2024—KB5044273 (OS Builds 19044.5011 and 19045.5011)
Win11 – October 8, 2024—KB5044284 (OS Build 26100.2033)
BleachBit Updated
BleachBit 4.6.2
Junk remover and file shredder.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
Wednesday News
New Graphics Drivers
AMD Software Adrenalin 24.9.1 WHQL Drivers
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 565.90 WHQL
Intel Arc & Iris Xe Drivers 32.0.101.6079/32.0.101.5736 WHQL
PowerToys 0.85.0
“a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.”
Download, Info & Changes
Monday Afternoon Updates
Samsung Magician Software 8.2.0
“designed to work with all Samsung memory products including internal SSDs, portable SSDs, memory cards and USB flash drives.”
v8.2: “New features included, User Instructions Improved”
Download | Install/User Guide
tip – U.S. residents, when the install asks if you are in the EU click YES. Better privacy.
dBpoweramp 2024.09.30
“dBpoweramp contains a multitude of audio tools in one: CD Ripper, Music Converter, Batch Converter, ID Tag Editor and Windows audio shell enhancements. Preloaded with essential codecs (mp3, wave, FLAC, m4a, Apple LosslessAIFF), additional codecs can be installed from [Codec Central], as well as Utility Codecs which perform actions on audio files.”
Several bugfixes and codec updates.
Download & Info | Release Info
Monday News
Wise Disk Cleaner 11.1.6
“Clean useless and outdated junk files, browser traces, cookies, and history.”
Minor update.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
WACUP Preview Build 1.99.22.20202
Modern day Winamp replacement.
Download x86 | Download x64
HWiNFO 8.012
“Comprehensive Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows and DOS.”
Fixes, enhancements, new hardware support.
Download (I use portable) | Version History
VirtualBox 7.1.2
“This is a maintenance release.”
Download | Changelog
New Intel Chipset Drivers
Intel Chipset Device Software 10.1.19867.8574
Download & Info
Patch Tuesday
Windows Updates
Updates covering 28+ vulnerabilities.
Win10 – September 10, 2024—KB5043064 (OS Builds 19044.4894 and 19045.4894)
Win11 – September 10, 2024—KB5043076 (OS Builds 22621.4169 and 22631.4169)
PowerToys 0.84.1
“a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.”
Download, Info & Changes
Audacity 3.6.3
Free sound recorder and editor.
Download | Release Notes
Tuesday News
VMware Workstation Pro 17.6
It’s time to ditch Player and use Workstation Pro.
Download
see also: VMware Workstation Pro: Now Available Free for Personal Use
Audacity 3.6.2
Free sound recorder and editor.
“This is a patch release. It adds a “Legacy” effects section containing the old Limiter, Compressor and Classic Filters.”
Download | Release Notes
End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
“Still, few things last forever, and the market for written tech journalism is not what it once was – nor will it ever be again.”
Man, I’m still not over HardOCP.
Weekend News
Wise Disk Cleaner 11.1.5
“Clean useless and outdated junk files, browser traces, cookies, and history.”
Minor but recommended update.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
New Intel Drivers
Intel Arc & Iris Xe Graphics Drivers 32.0.101.5972 WHQL
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack v29.3
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Wi-Fi Drivers for IT Administrators v23.70.2
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.70.2
Intel Wireless Bluetooth Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.70.3
Patch Tuesday
Windows Updates
Over 50 vulnerabilities addressed.
Win10 – August 13, 2024—KB5041580 (OS Builds 19044.4780 and 19045.4780)
Win11 – August 13, 2024—KB5041585 (OS Builds 22621.4037 and 22631.4037)
7-Zip 24.08
Freeware feature packed file archiver.
Bugfixes.
Download & Info
Mp3tag 3.27
Freeware audio tag editor.
Improved searches, bugfixes.
Download | Release Notes