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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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January 20, 2015, 18:49(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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…

January 17, 2015, 15:38(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

p_thurrott_1

p_thurrott_1Thurrott.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

Tagged With: Computer News

Patch Tuesday

January 13, 2015, 16:04(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

windows security

windows securityTime 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.

Tagged With: Security

Firefox 35

January 12, 2015, 18:33(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

firefox_2013

firefox_2013Firefox 35 to be released tomorrow.
Download early here:
English (U.S.)

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Advice On Installing Windows 8.1

January 4, 2015, 10:49(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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thpinpostlogoI 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

Tagged With: How-To's, This Site, Windows 8

Merry Christmas

December 24, 2014, 13:37(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

merrychristmas

[Read more…] about Merry Christmas

Tagged With: This Site

New Nvidia Drivers

December 23, 2014, 16:02(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

nvidia

nvidiaElite: Dangerous & Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes GeForce Game Ready WHQL Driver
Download Geforce 347.09
Release Notes

Tagged With: Computer Hardware

Windows 8.1 SSD Defrag

December 15, 2014, 18:39(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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thAn 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

Tagged With: This Site, Windows 8

Patch Tuesday 09DEC2014

December 9, 2014, 13:28(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

windows security

windows securityTime 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.

Tagged With: Security

Backup Locations

December 9, 2014, 12:36(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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thpinpostlogoY’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.
backup_locations_1

Tagged With: Backup, This Site

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