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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Wednesday Random Stuff…

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Firefox 106
Several new features including the ability to edit PDFs and to set Firefox to be the default PDF app. 1/2 dozen security fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

Google employees joked about how ‘Incognito mode’ is ‘not truly private’
“We are limited in how strongly we can market Incognito because it’s not truly private, thus requiring really fuzzy, hedging language that is almost more damaging…Another employee proposed changing Incognito’s launch screen to say: “You are NOT protected from Google.”
Is anyone really trusting Google anymore?

“Hostile” “Aggressive” “Hurtful” — Gen Z Says They Feel “Attacked” By The Thumbs-Up Emoji
SMH

AC/DC’s BRIAN JOHNSON: These Are The ‘Tracks Of My Years’
“Each week an artist joins host Ken Bruce to pick 10 songs that have soundtracked their life. Johnson’s choices are:”
His list is pretty good.
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Thursday News

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Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 522.25 WHQL
Support for several new games, “also includes significant DirectX 12 performance optimizations which can dramatically improve performance for GeForce 30 Series GPUs.”
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AMD Ryzen Chipset Drivers 4.09.23.507
Download | Release Notes

Intel Wi-Fi Driver 22.170.0
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Intel Bluetooth Driver 22.170.0
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 106.0.5249.119 for Windows,Mac and Linux…This update includes 6 security fixes”
Download | Release Info

Prepping For Major Windows Updates

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It’s been a while since I’ve written about this and with Win10 22H2 coming soon I thought I would post this for new readers.
In the past I used Service Pack updates as an excuse to clean, tweak, and organize my computers as if it were a new install. Gone are the days of Service Packs as Microsoft has moved to a yearly major feature update (version 20H2, 21H1, etc.).
The end result for me is the same and I employ the same strategy as I did before.
* A note before we start, all my “backups” are disk images using a Macrium Reflect Free bootable USB drive.
See: Using Macrium Reflect Boot Media and Macrium Reflect Boot Disk In Action
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Weekend News

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Firefox 105.0.3
“Mitigated frequent crashes for Windows users with Avast or AVG Antivirus software installed”
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 106.0.5249.103 for Windows,Mac and Linux”
Bugfixes
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Audacity 3.2.1
Bugfixes
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Samsung Magician Software 7.2.0.930
It’s back.
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2022 Fall Foliage Map & Nationwide Peak Leaf Forecast

Tuesday Random Stuff…

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PowerToys 0.63
“Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.”
Smaller installer, bunch of fixes.
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AMD Software Adrenalin 22.10.1 OPTIONAL Drivers
Support for Overwatch 2 and 2 small fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Firefox 105.0.2
A few bugfixes.
Download | Release Notes

Samsung Magician Software 7.2.0.930
It was downloadable this morning and I installed it. Now it’s gone.
Looks like maybe there was an issue? If you want it give me a shout and I’ll send it to you but I would advise against it at this point.

Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies at 90
“Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90.”
Loretta Lynn – Wikipedia
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