I haven’t done polls here for quite a while. Gonna give it another shot (just for fun).
The poll is located in the right sidebar. Please vote!
Acronis True Image 2014 Released
Below is more info, screenshots, and buy links.
Acronis True Image 2014 Full ($49.99)
Acronis True Image 2014 Upgrade ($29.99)
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Microsoft Digital Citizenship Infographics
This post dedicated to @thurrott. 
“Each infographic offers relevant statistics of current negative online behaviors and helpful tips for correcting and preventing them, offering one each for tweens, teens, and parents.”
I’m not a parent, teen, or tween so I can’t vouch for the helpfulness of this stuff.
I can say after looking at the infographics, every time Microsoft tries to do “cool” it equals FAIL.
Download one or all:
Is Your Teen a Good Digital Citizen parent infographic PDF.pdf
Bing_for_Schools_infographic.jpg
Student Body Language tween infographic PDF.pdf
The Naked Truth teen infographic PDF.pdf
Using Parental Controls survey results infographic PDF.pdf
Intel SSD Toolbox 3.1.8 Released
Intel SSD Toolbox 3.1.8 is out.
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Release Notes:
This release of the Intel SSD Toolbox includes a firmware release which contains the following:
– Intel® SSD 530 Series firmware update to DC12 which addresses an occasional drive hang after resume from Link Power Management slumber state.
Other tool related items are:
– Added new descriptions for SMART attributes C2, C5, EA, and F9
– Corrected calculations for E1, F1, and F2 SMART attributes.
– Corrected the display of word 79 in the drive details screen.
LibreOffice 4.1.1
The free office suite LibreOffice has released version 4.1.1.
“This is the first minor release of the LibreOffice 4.1 family, which features a large number of improved interoperability features with proprietary and legacy file formats.”
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Release Announcement
nLite Is Back!
After no updates for almost 5 years nLite is active again.
For those who don’t know nLite is a program that allowed you to easily create custom installation images for XP (and 2000).
The return of the developer is good news. Congrats and Welcome Back!
I know I will be using it to finalize my XP images just before XP support ends.
nLite Home Page
Google Chrome Updated
Google Chrome 29.0.1547.62 has been released.
Download or update from within the program.
*Update 0650hrs 8/28/2013
“The Stable Channel has been updated to 29.0.1547.62 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. This update fixes an issue with printing from Google Docs applications.”
Source: The Google Chrome Blog
Time To Run Windows Update
An update has been re-released for XP and Vista Users:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-057 – Critical Vulnerability in Windows Media Format Runtime Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2847883)
“The rereleased updates address an application compatibility issue in which WMV encoded video could fail to properly render during playback. Customers should install the rereleased updates.”
There is also an update available for Office 2010 that I’ve not seen appear via Windows Update.
You can wait for it to appear or download and install it manually:
See this page for downloads and info – Description of the Office 2010 update: August 27, 2013
“Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office 2010. This update fixes some issues that occur when you install Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Office 2010. Additionally, this update contains stability and performance improvements.“
Fix – Programs Prevent Windows Shutdown
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CCleaner 4.05
CCleaner v4.05 is out. [Read more…] about CCleaner 4.05