Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Latest Software Downloads
FileZilla 3.58.0
MediaMonkey 5.0.2.2532
PowerToys 0.55.2

Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
-38% Now $142.49
List Price: $229.99

Windows Updates
Win10 – February 8, 2022—KB5010342 (OS Builds 19042.1526, 19043.1526, and 19044.1526)
Addresses over 20 security issues.
Win11 – February 8, 2022—KB5010386 (OS Build 22000.493)
Addresses over 20 security issues.

Firefox 97
A dozen security fixes, 11 bugfixes
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To update, go to Settings > Help > About.

Intel Graphics Driver 30.0.101.1340
Several game related fixes.
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Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver Installation Software with Intel Optane Memory (11th and 12th Gen Platforms)
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AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.2.1 Optional Drivers
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GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 511.72
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Drivers
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 511.65 WHQL
Intel Iris Xe Graphics and Intel UHD Driver for 12th Gen Intel Core Processors
Intel Killer Performance Suite (Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Software)
Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows 10 and Windows 11

PowerToys 0.55.0
“The v0.55 release cycle continued our progress toward getting PowerToys ARM64 ready, fix some top issues and new utilities. Work from last month helped us enable us to upgrade the code base to .NET 5 and next month onward to .NET 6. This will provide stability and speed improvements.
We’re also extremely excited to bring on 3 new PowerToy utilities.”
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Drivers
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.1.12 Optional Drivers
Realtek Ethernet drivers – Win10 or Win11

Software
Microsoft Office Version 2201 (How to Install Office Updates.)
Autoruns 14.08
Cleanmgr+ 1.50.1300
EMDB 5.02
Firefox 96.0.3
Mp3tag 3.12
Notepad++ 8.2.1

Google Just Gave You the Best Reason Yet to Finally Quit Using Chrome
“Ultimately, that change in the way Google is looking at Chrome–that it isn’t a tool that serves its users, but is a tool that serves up users to advertisers, albeit in a slightly more privacy protective way–is a bad sign.”

Smith & Wesson Border Guard 10in High Carbon S.S. Folding Knife
List Price: $41.99 Details
With Deal: $15.64
You Save: $26.35 (63%)

It took Friday long enough to get here…

Software Updates
Chrome 97.0.4692.99
Firefox 96.0.2
GPU-Z 2.44.0

Understanding MBR/BIOS and GPT/UEFI
“Master Boot Record (MBR) and GUID Partition Table (GPT), are two different ways of storing partition and boot information on a disk. Understanding these partitioning schemes is essential to understanding how information is stored on your storage devices and choosing the correct partitioning scheme for your scenario.”
Short, informative article from the makers of Macrium Reflect.

RIP Meat Loaf

VMware Workstation 16.2.2 Player
Fixes a denial-of-service vulnerability.
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VirtualBox 6.1.32
“This is a maintenance release.”
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Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 511.13 WHQL
“provides the best day-0 gaming experience for God of War…support for… Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Hitman III, The Anacrusis, GRIT, and Monster Hunter Rise.” plus 5 fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Google Pixel 6 Finally Updated
Too late for me as I’ve moved on. No mention if this update fixes the Bluetooth issues, the December update did not.
Google Pixel Update – January 2022

RIP Ronnie Spector
Another Rock legend has passed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Spector

My first memory of her was as a mysterious yet sexy shadow with a beautiful voice: