2009 Ars USB Flash Drive Roundup
Best Drives for fastest read/write speeds: The award here goes to both the OCZ Throttle and the Patriot Xporter XT.
Autoruns v9.5
This update to Autoruns, a powerful autostart manager, adds display of audio and video codecs, which are gaining popularity as an extension mechanism used by malware gains automatic execution.
Nvidia GeForce 185.85 WHQL Drivers
Available for XP, Vista, & Windows 7. Download Nvidia GeForce 185.85 WHQL Drivers
Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List Update
This update helps make websites designed for older browsers look better in Internet Explorer 8. To take advantage of this update, you must have “Include updated website lists from Microsoft” selected in Internet Explorer’s Compatibility View Settings.
Available for XP, 2K3, Vista, & 2K8 (running IE8 obviously). To install just run Windows Update.
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta
Overview
Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor scans your PC’s system, programs and devices to check if it’s able to run Windows 7. After a few minutes, the report will let you know if your PC meets the system requirements, if there are any known compatibility issues with your programs and devices, and will also provide guidance on your upgrade options to Windows 7.
System Requirements
* Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2
* .NET 2.0 Framework or higher if running on Windows XP
Download Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta
Click below for pics from XP & Vista
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CCleaner v2.19.901
v2.19.901
– Fixed bug in Firefox introduced in build 900
Windows 7 RC Available
Hit up Neowin for download links.
OpenOffice 3.1 Hits The Mirrors
This release is not ‘official’ and is scheduled to be released “not before: May 7th, 2009“.
Major Geeks has v3.1 posted. I have checked the mirrors and v3.1 is indeed showing up on many of them. See here for v3.1’s feature list.
CDBurnerXP Updated
CDBurnerXP 4.2.4.1351 has been released. It contains several bugfixes.
CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface.
Free Paragon Software
Martin over at Ghacks has links to Free Paragon Software Special Editions.
Requires you enter a valid email address. The following are available:
* Paragon Total Defrag 2009 Special Edition
* Paragon Rescue Kit 9.0 Express
* Paragon Partition Manager 9.0 Special Edition
* Paragon Drive Copy 9 Special Edition
* Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 Personal
* Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8.5 Special Edition
I haven’t used any Paragon Software before but for free I will give it a shot. Anyone out there used any of this software?