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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Monday Random Stuff…

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Nvidia Drivers
388.00 WHQL released.
“Provides the optimal gaming experience for Destiny 2 and Assassin’s Creed Origins”

Win10 Controlled Folder Access
Today sites are linking to an article at Bleepingcomputer about a new Win10 feature called “Controlled Folder Access”. iVerge discussed this back on June 29th: “The new controlled folder feature is designed to protect against viruses and ransomware from locking machines out of certain folders.”

Wise Disk Cleaner Updated
Version 9.5.7.681: “Improved Mozilla Firefox Cookies cleaning. Minor GUI improvements. Updated various translations.”
Download (I use the portable version.)

Another O&O ShutUp10 Update
Version 1.6.1393​ brings a few fixes.
Download

My new favorite beer!
This ones for you Kelly!

Weekend Random Stuff…

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[H]ardMobo’s
Kyle and crew take a look at 2 Gigabyte AMD Threadripper motherboards:
Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 3 (Silver Award)
“The Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 3 motherboard does what it is made for, but do not expect much else if overclocking is your goal. We were actually very impressed with this inexpensive X299 motherboard in that it held stable in most of the abuse we heaped on it.”
& the
Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 TR4 (Gold Award)
“If you are looking to overclock the Threadripper, we can highly suggest the Gaming 7. The Gaming 7 has the power components and UEFI tweaks needed to push your Threadripper, if you have the cooling.”

Tor Browser 7.0.7
“This release updates Firefox to 52.4.1esr, HTTPS-Everywhere to 2017.10.4 and NoScript to 5.1.2.”
Download

VirtualBox 5.2
“This is a major update.”
Download

Off Topic
Chris Long to donate final 10 Eagles game checks, play for free
This season, Long had a base salary of $1 million. All of that money is now going to fund the education of others…”I’ve been lucky,” Long said after donating his first six game checks earlier this year. “I’ve made a lot of money in my career, so it’s not like I’m scrapping check to check. This isn’t a hero thing. It’s nothing like that. It’s honestly just that I want to put my money where my mouth is.”
Outstanding

L.A. Guns – “The Flood’s The Fault Of The Rain” (Official Video)

What To Do After Installing Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

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1 – Run Windows Update (Yes, there are updates already.)
reboot
2 – Run O&O ShutUp10 (There are a few new sections.)
See this page of Windows 10 Privacy Settings for more info.
reboot
3 – Run Windows 10 Advanced Disk Cleanup
reboot
4 – Run other disk cleanup utilities. I use CCleaner portable & Wise Disk Cleaner portable.
See this page of the Win10 Tweak Guide for more info.
reboot
5 – Make a system image.
Done!

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Is Live

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My PC is downloading now.

Unlike some sites I do not feel the need to rewrite what is posted at the Windows Blog to act like I’m some sort of Super-Duper Windows Guru. Here are the official Microsoft links to all the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update you need.
All posts: https://blogs.windows.com/blog/tag/windows-10-fall-creators-update/

What’s new in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
IMHO this is a completely lame update. As far as new features, there is nothing there I care about.

How to get the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
Settings > Update & security > Windows Update > Check for updates
or
The recommended method is to utilize the Update Assistant. To do so, click the Update Now button on the Software Download Site.