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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Windows 10 & SSDs – FEEDBACK WANTED

December 1, 2015, 14:42(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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thpinpostlogoNeed your help here y’all. Am I wrong about somethings? Do I need to add something? Please read and comment.
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Tagged With: This Site, Windows 10

Win10: Customize The Desktop

November 30, 2015, 14:38(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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thThis is part of the upcoming Windows 10 Tweak Guide. Since this section is finished and you guys have been so patient I thought I would post it.
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Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 10

Tweak: Block Adware With Windows Defender

November 30, 2015, 06:53(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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windows securityGerman website Heise Online shows a great little tweak that allows you to block adware with Windows Defender.
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Happy Thanksgiving

November 26, 2015, 07:48(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

happythanksNo news today. I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.
I hope you all have something or someone to be thankful for.
http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving

Tagged With: This Site

More Windows 10 News

November 25, 2015, 06:56(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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win10_logoWhy TH2 Was Pulled
Betanews reports TH2 was pulled because of a bug where “Some settings may not have been retained when applying the November update“. In the KB Microsoft mentions that “a few settings preferences may have inadvertently not been retained for advertising ID, Background apps, SmartScreen Filter, and Sync with devices.” It was and is way more settings than that but whatever.
smilie_rolleyes1

TH2 ISOs Are Back
Official Threshold 2 ISOs are now back and downloadable via the Media Creation Tool.
Guide here.

Win10 Uninstalling Programs?
From Reddit / Reddit via Betanews via Ghacks. Some users report Win10 is uninstalling some programs with consent.

Tagged With: Windows 10

Random Tuesday Stuff…

November 24, 2015, 16:25(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

headinsandDiagTrack
My post on DiagTrack was picked up by a number of places including Forbes, Betanews, and Softpedia.
Paul Thurrott seems to be rather upset about “articles like this”. I’m honored!
I wonder what he thinks about this?!
I should note, again, that I did not make this discovery alone. I had help from a reader.

CCleaner Monthly Update
Download
Release Notes
***Pay attention during install. May attempt to install unwanted programs.
FYI – I use the portable version.

Release Notes v5.12.5431 (24 Nov 2015)
– Improved Firefox 42 Cache cleaning.
– Improved Google Chrome Download History cleaning.
– Improved Skip UAC on Windows 10.
– Improved detection and cleaning of portable browsers.
– Optimized cleaning rules loading routine.
– Improved localization and language support.
– Minor GUI Improvements.
– Minor bug fixes.

Aw man, I want one.
Star Trek Communicator prototype was a final frontier too far for Google
cry_1

Lucas Out
George Lucas is done with Star Wars. He gave us episodes 4,5, and 6 but he also gave us episodes 1,2, and 3, and, Jar Jar Binks. Still, that’s too bad.

Tagged With: Computer News

​Radeon Software Crimson Edition

November 24, 2015, 14:47(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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amdradeonReader Kelly let me know that AMD released their ​Radeon Software Crimson Edition drivers. This replaces the Catalyst drivers.
Download
For a full breakdown see: Anandtech – AMD’s Radeon Software Crimson Driver Released: New Features & A New Look
These are available for Linux too.

Tagged With: Computer Hardware

Monday Random Stuff…

November 23, 2015, 16:36(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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www_newsPlaying a little catch-up today!

DWS Lite 1.6
Destroy Windows Spying updated.
“FINAL VERSION Spy fully functional blocks at the moment. For the program will be released only bug fixes, and minor changes after this release.”

7-Zip
My go-to Swiss army knife of file extractors has released its 1st non-beta in 5 years!
(Thanks to David M. for the heads up!)

Samsung 850 EVO 1TB Firmware
User A.G. reports that he just got a notification that firmware version EMT02B6Q was available for his drive despite the fact it was reported released in September.
A quick Google search shows a few other folks asking about it this week too. If you have one of these you may want to fire up the latest SSD Magician and check.

Stuff From Around The Web…
TrueCrypt is safer than previously reported, detailed analysis concludes
Administrative Tools in Windows 10
Fedora 23 Xfce review
Windows 10 pilot rollouts will surge in early 2016, says Gartner
Comcast injects copyright warnings into browsers, raising privacy concerns

Tagged With: Computer News

13 Years Ago, My Review Of Mandrake Linux 9.0

November 23, 2015, 14:11(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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thI’ve been doing this site for quite a while. If you haven’t been coming here for years you may not know this site hasn’t always been done in WordPress. I used to do it in Frontpage, then Expression Web and by hand. Since I’ve got better things to do than coding a website by hand I switched to WordPress.
Anywho, take a gander at the old site and my first experience with Linux:
TweakHound Reviews Mandrake 9.0 A “Newbie”ginning posted 11-19-02
Old Main Page
https://web.archive.org/web/*/tweakhound.com

Tagged With: This Site

Win10 Clean Install On My Main PC

November 22, 2015, 17:31(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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thpinpostlogoI had done a few clean installs on my main rig but was waiting for TH2 for my “final”. This PC had previously been a dual-boot Windows 8.1 / Window 7 PC. I had upgraded 8.1 to Win 10.
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Tagged With: Windows 10

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