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Friday News

January 30, 2026, 16:12(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Microsoft Admits Windows 11 Has a Trust Problem, Promises To Focus on Fixes in 2026
“The feedback we’re receiving from our community of passionate customers and Windows Insiders has been clear. We need to improve Windows in ways that are meaningful for people,” Pavan Davuluri, president of Windows and devices, told The Verge…”Trust is earned over time and we are committed to building it back with the Windows community,” Davuluri said.
And the perfect reply by crunchy_one in the comments:

I don’t believe Microsoft understands fully what would be “meaningful” to their customers. How about removing the Microsoft account requirement, removing the telemetry, removing the ads, removing the AI, removing the cloud integration, removing the bloat? How about giving customers real control, like being able to turn off updates. That would be meaningful.

Wise Disk Cleaner 11.3.2
Download (I use portable) | Release Info

Start11 2.6
Start11 is a Windows 10/11 start menu alternative. It is not free and is my preferred start menu replacement.
Download | Changelog

VirtualBox 7.2.6
Download | Changelog

Updated Realtek Ethernet Drivers
NDIS v10.79.50 and NetAdapterCx v11.028.50 (preferred driver) available HERE.

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Weekend News

January 24, 2026, 08:45(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Much of the central and eastern U.S. is going through or anticipating a winter storm. In many areas including mine this includes freezing rain on top of snow and sleet.
I hope everyone makes it through OK.

* WHAT…Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Confidence is increasing in widespread snow, sleet, and freezing rain. This may result in major impacts in infrastructure and transportation. * WHERE…Portions of southeast Maryland and central, east central, and north central Virginia. * WHEN…From Saturday afternoon through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS…Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will become slick and hazardous. The combination of significant snow and ice accumulation on power lines and tree limbs may cause widespread and long-lasting power outages.

Mp3tag v3.33
“a powerful and easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of audio files.”
Download

Latest Graphics Drivers
AMD Software Adrenalin 26.1.1 WHQL Drivers
Download | Release Notes

Intel 11th – 14th Gen Processor Graphics Driver v32.0.101.7084
Intel Arc Graphics Driver v32.0.101.8425
Intel Arc Pro Graphics Driver v32.0.101.8425

Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 591.74 WHQL

Intel Ethernet Drivers
Intel Network Adapter Driver for Microsoft Windows 11 v31
Intel Network Adapter Driver for Microsoft Windows 10 v31
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack v31

Monday News

January 12, 2026, 11:47(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Linux Mint 22.3
Released and upgradable but official pages haven’t been updated yet.
For now hit the download pages > pick your edition > pick a mirror > change link from 22.2 to 22.3:
i.e. https://pub.linuxmint.io/stable/22.3/linuxmint-22.3-cinnamon-64bit.iso
Download | New Features | Release Notes
To upgrade:
Update Manager > from the menu choose Edit > click Upgrade to Linux Mint 22.3 Zena

Intel Drivers
Intel Chipset Drivers 10.1.20398.8776
Intel Network Adapter Driver for Microsoft Windows 11 v30.6
Intel Network Adapter Driver for Microsoft Windows 10 v30.6
Intel Killer Performance Suite v40.25.1125.1924

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Twas The Day Before Christmas

December 24, 2025, 10:14(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Wishing you and yours a safe and joyful Christmas.

WACUP v1.99.44.23410
WACUP = WinAmp Community Update Project
Download & Info | Changelog (x86) or (x64)

Nvidia Drivers
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 591.59 WHQL
and
Nvidia GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 591.67

Intel Drivers
Intel 7th-10th Gen Processor Graphics Driver v31.0.101.2140
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v24.10.0
Intel Wireless Bluetooth Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v24.10.0
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Wi-Fi Drivers for IT Administrators v24.10.0
Intel Killer Performance Suite v40.25.1010.1818

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Friday News

December 12, 2025, 13:06(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Audacity 3.7.7
Free sound recorder and editor. Hotfix release.
Download

Winaero Tweaker 1.64.2
Download
See my post HERE for important info.

Intel Drivers
Intel 11th – 14th Gen Processor Graphics Driver v32.0.101.7082
Intel Arc Graphics Driver v32.0.101.8331 WHQL
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v24.0.2
Intel Wireless Bluetooth Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v24.0.1

AMD Drivers
AMD Ryzen Chipset Driver v7.11.26.2142

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Wednesday News

December 10, 2025, 13:34(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

AMD Software Adrenalin 25.12.1 WHQL Drivers

Notepad++ 8.8.9
Notepad on steroids.
“vulnerability-fix”
Download & Info

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Friday News

December 5, 2025, 15:03(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

***Update to my article Enroll In Windows 10 ESU
Reader Andrew let me know the project has been updated and it is working again. He linked to a forum post at AskWoody where the author explains the issue and sent a link to the newest version that works:
https://gitlab.com/-/project/11037551/uploads/f8b47372a5f2f3cc37c50872930e0cb5/Consumer_ESU_Enrollment-v0.0.8.zip

GPU Drivers
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 591.44 WHQL
Intel Arc Graphics Driver 32.0.101.8331 WHQL

Audacity 3.7.6
Free sound recorder and editor.
Download | Release Notes (when available)

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Windows 11 File Explorer Performance Issues

November 22, 2025, 10:26(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Several sites have posted news that the latest Win11 preview build has a “tweak” to “fix” file explorer being slow.
[Read more…] about Windows 11 File Explorer Performance Issues

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Thursday News

November 13, 2025, 16:30(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

AMD Software Adrenalin 25.11.1 Drivers
Windows 11 only. Download & Info.

IrfanView 4.73
Freeware graphic viewer and editor. Great for batch processing images, like resizing.
Download Windows 64-bit | All Downloads & Info | Changelog
Plugins: Windows 64-bit

FileZilla Client 3.69.5
Free, open source FTP client.
Download

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Patch Tuesday

November 11, 2025, 15:53(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

This is the first week Win10 machines need to be enrolled in ESU to get security updates.
This months patches addresses nearly 3 dozen vulnerabilities.
Win10 – November 11, 2025—KB5068781 (OS Builds 19044.6575 and 19045.6575)
Win11 – November 11, 2025—KB5068861 (OS Builds 26200.7171 and 26100.7171)

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