No official announcement but “they” say that RTM is out.
I have installed it via the upgrade assistant. Use this link courtesy Neowin.
It was an excellent upgrade process. It did not reinstall all the stupid default store apps/games and most tweaks were left in place. All seems well.
However, I strongly advise you do not install until well after official release. Watch Ask Woody for info/advice on when it is ready/safe to update.
Process I used:
– Backup (system image with Acronis True Image)
– Install via upgrade assistant (pay attention during install)
– Run Windows Update
– Run O&O Shutup 10
– Disk cleanup [cleanmgr (Previous Windows Installation) / Wise Disk Cleaner / CCleaner]
Back It Up!
On sale at Amazon for $114.50 (28% off).
WD 4TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 Color=Black
Other colors $119.00 (I bought a red one.)
Outstanding deal!
Weekend Random Stuff…
Yesterday was a beautiful day here in Central Virginia so I rode a section of the Virginia Capital Trail on my new bike.
I finished the day off with a delicious Hardywood Bourbon Barrel Cru and an Ardent Company Man (German-style pils). It was a good day.
Maps Wrong?
I remember this issue being discussed several years ago but I just saw this article and thought I would pass it along.
Five Maps That Will Change How You See the World
Here is an article from 2014: Why every world map you’re looking at is WRONG: Africa, China and India are distorted despite access to accurate satellite data
Report Wrong
Apparently the original report was wrong, Vulkan’s Multi-GPU Support Isn’t Only For Windows 10. Good news!
Microsoft Wrong
‘Windows 10 destroyed our data!’ Microsoft hauled into US court.
Judge TweakHound’s decision, I’m ruling for the plaintiffs and awarding $10,000 in actual damages and $10,000,000,000 in punitive damages.
Just Plain Wrong
Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy
No justification for this.
IoT Security Wrong
“96% of security professionals responding to a new survey expecting an increase in IoT breaches this year”
Thanks to Ed for the link!
Uber Wrong
Uber to Suspend Autonomous Tests After Arizona Accident
Star Wars Never Wrong
Bob Iger Reveals ‘Star Wars’ Han Solo Spinoff Details, Talks Plans After ‘Episode IX’
“You’ll also discover how he got his name.”
UPS LOL – *UPDATED
I ordered a TV stand on Amazon. It was supposed to be here Friday. I checked tracking on my Amazon app:
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Think You’re Having A Bad Day?
Microsoft services are down and the Hackers at Pwn3Own hacked the crap out of the Microsoft Edge browser. Win10’s UAC isn’t faring well either.
Tuesday Morning News
Win10 Updated
Couple of fixes.
Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 update history
Related:
Mystery update KB 3150513 makes yet another reappearance: “You probably don’t want this update—long implicated in advanced Microsoft snooping—on your Windows system”
New Nvidia Drivers
GeForce Game Ready Driver 378.92 WHQL available.
“Provides the optimal gaming experience for Mass Effect: Andromeda and Rock Band VR”
Download
RIP Chuck Berry
If you listen to Rock & Roll in any form from any era then he has touched your life. He was one of the most influential music artists ever. Icon doesn’t even begin to describe him.
Mr. Berry, thank you for your music and for influencing the bands I love. Thank you for the good times it continues to bring.
A Father Of Rock ‘N’ Roll, Chuck Berry Dies At 90
Chuck Berry – Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer – Biography.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry
Another place Chuck Berry left his mark? The silver screen
Members Of GUNS N’ ROSES, AEROSMITH, KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, JUDAS PRIEST, Others React To Passing Of CHUCK BERRY
I am so sad to hear of Chuck Berry’s passing. I want to thank him for all the inspirational music he gave to us.
He lit up our teenage years, and blew life into our dreams of being musicians and performers.
His lyrics shone above others & threw a strange light on the American dream. Chuck you were amazing & your music is engraved inside us forever.
Mick Jagger
Chuck Berry was rock’s greatest practitioner, guitarist, and the greatest pure rock ‘n’ roll writer who ever lived.
Bruce Springsteen
Weekend Random Stuff…
Happy Saint Patty’s Day
My 100% Irish Grandfather thought the shenanigans surrounding this holiday here in the U.S.A. was too much.
He said, and I am paraphrasing here to keep this SFW,
“Luck of the Irish my arse.”
Still, I’m gonna knock back a pint or two.
If you celebrate, please don’t drink and drive. Call a friend, a taxi, or Lyft, or Uber.
Win10 Creators Update
“They” say this is right around the corner. But then again, Microsoft released build 15060 to the fast ring yesterday and “They” said this was the final build. Then today Microsoft released build 15061. So what the heck do “They” know. I expect I will be futilely running a few Game Mode benchies this weekend.
DSOG claims that as far as Windows is concerned, Vulkan will support multiple GPUs only in Windows 10. So, that kinda sucks.
Tom Warren (ex of WinRumors and Neowin) over at iVerge claims that all the ads in Win10 “are the final straw“. Glad he has joined the party but “the final straw” implies a response that I don’t see in his article.. You know, “that latest affair was the last straw, I’m leaving.”
Ryzen Tips From AMD
In a nutshell:
– Buy fast RAM
– Use High Performance Power Plan
– Overclock
Yes we’ve all been doing that since, well since we’ve been using PC’s.
Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 57.0.2987.110 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.”
Download: Google Chrome Web 32-bit Google Chrome 64-bit
Download Offline Installer: Google Chrome Offline Installer 32-bit Google Chrome Offline Installer 64-bit
Credit Neowin with links
VM Software Updated
VMware Workstation 12.5.4 Player
VirtualBox 5.1.18
Wise Disk Cleaner 9.44
Info
Download
Audacity 2.1.3
“Audacity is free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.”
Download & Info
March Madness
Got your brackets going?
I’ve got 2 main ones. One at the NCAA site and one at ESPN.
Patch Tuesday
Time To Run Windows Update
Security updates available for all supported versions of Windows, IE, Edge, Flash…
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2017
see also: Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 update history
I would highly recommend watching Ask Woody to monitor the situation with these updates. Especially watch his MS-DEFCON board.
Flash
What would Patch Tuesday be without Adobe patching Flash?
APSB17-07 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Download (for Firefox, Opera, Chromium, IE 10 and earlier)
Google Chrome
Chrome 57 was released 5 days ago. It contains the latest Flash version
More on bikes.
The post I made earlier got me thinking about my old bikes.
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