1 – This site has been moved to a new hosting company.
2 – This site has gone SSL. Please Update your bookmarks: https://www.tweakhound.com/
Random Weekend Stuff…
Thurrott.com
Paul Thurrott has left Winsupersite.com and is now at Thurrott.com.
Good luck Paul!
Interesting Reads
Six Colors – How I rip DVDs and Blu-rays
How-To Geek – Here’s What Happens When You Install the Top 10 Download.com Apps
Reader Emails
Q – Is there a free alternative to True Image?
A – Several. I recommend Clonezilla.
Q – What happened to your Twitter page?
A – I briefly tried the Social Media thing. I honestly don’t get it.
Q – I’m looking for a notebook. Do you have any recommendations?
A – My baseline currently would be:
– Intel Core I5 or I7.
– SSD
– < 6GB RAM
Patch Tuesday
Time To Run Windows Update
Updates available for all currently supported versions of Windows.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2015
Adobe Flash Updated
APSB15-01 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Flash for IE
Flash for other browsers
Main download page
Windows 8/8.1 users check Windows Update.
Google Chrome Updated Too
“The stable channel has been updated to 39.0.2171.99 for Windows, Mac and Linux.
This release contains an update for Adobe Flash as well as a number of other fixes.”
Download or update from within the program.
Firefox 35
Firefox 35 to be released tomorrow.
Download early here:
English (U.S.)
Advice On Installing Windows 8.1
I am constantly asked installation/partitioning advice on installing Windows.
Below is my advice on installing Windows 8.1.
[Read more…] about Advice On Installing Windows 8.1
Merry Christmas
New Nvidia Drivers
Elite: Dangerous & Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes GeForce Game Ready WHQL Driver
Download Geforce 347.09
Release Notes
Windows 8.1 SSD Defrag
An interesting blog post was brought to me attention by a reader. Many Geeks will recognize the blogger, Scott Hanselman:
The real and complete story – Does Windows defragment your SSD? (be cure to check out the comments too)
The gist of this post is to tell us we’ve all been wrong and Windows 8.1 does in fact defrag SSD’s.
However, we need to dig a little deeper. [Read more…] about Windows 8.1 SSD Defrag
Patch Tuesday 09DEC2014
Time To Run Windows Update
Updates available for all supported Microsoft operating systems.
Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for December 2014
Adobe Flash Player
APSB14-27 Security Updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Flash for IE
Flash for other browsers
Main download page
Windows 8/8.1 users check Windows Update.
Adobe Reader
APSB14-28 Security Updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Download Adobe Reader or update from within the program (Help > Check for updates).
Google Chrome
“The stable channel has been updated to 39.0.2171.95 for Windows, Mac and Linux. This release contains an update for Adobe Flash as well as a number of other fixes.”
Download or update from within the program.
Backup Locations
Y’all know I’ve no sympathy for folks who don’t backup their computers and info.
This morning I heard “I don’t have anywhere to backup my stuff”.
I have backups of backups. Backups in safes. Backups off site…
Feel free to pass this image on.
