Every sane person worries about privacy issues online. IMHO, Win10 causes legitimate privacy concerns. However, there is the “tinfoil hat brigade” that IMHO takes things way too far. I haven’t wanted to jump the gun on addressing these issues. This sites first rule of tweaking has always been “Primum non nocere” (first, do no harm).
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Reader Emails
I got a lot of questions this week about installing Win10 so I’m gonna lump a few of the answers into one section: [Read more…] about Reader Emails
Privacy Badger 1.0
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a new privacy extension called Privacy Badger.
EFF is excited to announce that today we are releasing version 1.0 of Privacy Badger for Chrome and Firefox. Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically blocks hidden trackers that would otherwise spy on your browsing habits as you surf the Web.
*Please help TweakHound.com and use the Disable Privacy Badger for This Site button.
Firefox 39.0.3
Firefox 39.0.3 released. Security fixes.
Download (Windows, EN-US)
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Release Notes
Windows 10 Dark Theme
This info isn’t new, I didn’t discover it, and it’s all over the web.
It’s been out for months, I don’t know who found it first or I would give them credit.
I’m using it, but it isn’t for everyone. I’ve posted pics below. Notice the title bar is hard to read.
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All The Windows 10 SSD Tweaks You Need
Cumulative Update for Windows 10: August 5, 2015
Cumulative Update for Windows 10: August 5, 2015
Summary
This update includes non–security-related changes to enhance the functionality of Windows 10 through new features and improvements.
Windows 10 updates are cumulative. Therefore, this package contains all previously-released fixes (see KB 3074683). If you have installed previous updates, only the new fixes that are contained in this package will be downloaded and installed to your computer.
I counted over 3,900 files in this package.
To manually run Windows update in Win10:
Go to Start > Settings > Update & security > Windows Update > Check for updates.
Cool GIF from NASA!
From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth
Get the GIF from the above link. Here is the .mov file from Youtube:
Random Wednesday Stuff…
Skylake, Meh?
The NDA on Intel’s new Skylake processors has been lifted and the reviews are pouring out.
The gist I’m getting:
– If you are on Sandy Bridge then upgrade.
– If you are on Ivy Bridge, Haswell, or Broadwell then it probably isn’t worth it.
Anandtech – The Intel 6th Gen Skylake Review: Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K Tested
[H]ardOCP – Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K IPC & Overclocking Review
Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 44.0.2403.130 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.”
Download or update from within the program.
More Win10 Wallpapers I Made
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Fix Windows 10 0x80300024 Error
On attempting to clean install Win10 on a laptop I got lazy and I failed to follow my own advice.
I usually disconnect all drives except the one I’m going to install the OS on and run diskpart to wipe. I didn’t this time because I was too lazy and didn’t feel like spending the time to disconnect my second SSD. I got the error 0x80300024 during install. I Googled it and apparently this error has been happening for years. The fix?
Disconnect all other drives and attempt the install again. That’s it!