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Destroy Windows Spying Updated
Build 716 released, “fixes”.
AMD Drivers
ARSTechnica reports AMD will open source drivers as well as “substantially upgrade its open source Linux drivers”.
Some of the latest Sci-Fi trailers:
[Read more…] about Trailers
I am aware of the problems with the comment system. My web host is looking into it.
Googling the issue myself I think the latest WordPress update screwed the pooch.
I am sorry.
***Update 14:59:16 12/11/2015
Might be fixed? Give it a shot and let me know.
***Update 2, 18:02:36 12/11/2015
Looks like it is fixed. Contact me if not.
************ This version is now expired. Updated version here: https://www.tweakhound.com/2021/05/19/tweaking-windows-10-version-21h1/
TweakHound’s
Tweaking Windows 10
Windows 10 April 2018 Update
A guide to tweak and optimize Windows 10.
Updated for Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Lasted edited 05 June, 2018
***Note, 15 November 2018. Guide will not be updated for the October Update.
Release 1809 does not have enough significant changes to warrant a rewrite.
tweak – to change slightly, esp. in order to make something more effective or correct.
optimize – get the most out of, make optimal – modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost
“TweakHound.com – Home Of The Original Tweak Guides”
Table of Contents
Introduction
Mobile-First, Cloud-First, Touch-First
Bad Tweaks
Notes & Ramblings
My Desktop Pet Peeve
First Things First
Get Your Control Panel Icons Back
UAC
God Mode
Tips For This Guide
Settings For User Accounts
Account Types
Local An Microsoft Accounts Defined
Switch To A Local Account
Using The Windows Store With A Local Account
How To Login Automatically
Libraries
Moving Your User Folders
Adding A Folder To A Library
Show Libraries In Windows Explorer
Customize The Desktop
Start Menu Settings
Start Menu Groups
The Win + X Menu
3rd Party Start Menus
Display Settings
Personalize
The Taskbar
The Search Box
The Task View And Touch Keyboard Buttons
Toolbars
The Clock
Disable System Sounds
Customize Folder Options
Folder View Options
Optimize Folders
The Page File, SuperFetch, and ReadyBoost
The Page File
SuperFetch
ReadyBoost
Miscellaneous Tweaks
Turn Off App Recommendations
Turn Off Autoplay
Remove Ads From Windows Explorer
Windows Defender
Shortcut Keys For Windows 10
Windows 10 Power Options
Power Plans For Laptops
Windows 10 Fast Startup
Disable Fast Startup
Windows Mobility Center
Add a Windows Mobility Center shortcut to your desktop
Windows 10 Networking
Sharing
Home Networking Tips
Windows 10 Network Tweaks
Windows Backup And Recovery Options
Reset this PC
System Restore
Accessing Windows Recovery Settings Offilne
Windows 7 Backup
File History
Recovery Media
Uninstalling Unneeded Stuff
Optional Windows Components
Windows Apps
Maintaining Your Computer
Receiving Updates When Available
Checking for problems and fixing them
Windows 10 Troubleshooter
Administrative Tools
Reliability Monitor
Event Viewer
Generate A System Health Report
Task Manager
Clean, Defrag, & Optimize
Disk Cleanup
Advanced Disk Cleanup
Disk Cleanup Freeware
Manage Startup Items with Autoruns
Defrag & Optimize
Windows 10 Privacy Settings (part of the guide but in different location)
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***May 19th, 2021
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This guide will remain unchanged until 21H2.
The only reasons I’ve renamed the guide is to avoid confusion and because…Google.
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Google Chrome Updated
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 47 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Chrome 47.0.2526.73 contains a number of fixes and improvements — a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 47…
This update includes 41 security fixes.”
Download or update from within the program.
New Nvidia Drivers
GeForce Game Ready Driver 359.06 WHQL available for Windows Vista – Win10.
“Windows 10 Fixed Issues
There are no new fixed issues to report for this release.
Windows 8.1/Windows 8/Windows 7/Windows Vista Fixed Issues
Call of Duty: Black Ops III crashes on NVIDIA hardware.”
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Site News
Last week I switched the site font to Open Sans. I wanted to make the site easier to read across platforms and operating systems. I think it looks better too.
Open Sans is a free Google Font. As of this writing there are over 1700 FREE fonts/font variants. Many of them are awesome. Here are some download links if you’re interested.
Google Fonts (main page)
Google Fonts (github) (has download all link)
Download all Google Fonts: https://github.com/google/fonts/archive/master.zip
Open Sans
I downloaded all, extracted, then searched that folder for ttf fonts ( *.ttf ).
Then I copied them to a separate folder and installed the ones I liked.
German website Heise Online shows a great little tweak that allows you to block adware with Windows Defender.
[Read more…] about Tweak: Block Adware With Windows Defender
No news today. I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.
I hope you all have something or someone to be thankful for.
http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving
DiagTrack
My post on DiagTrack was picked up by a number of places including Forbes, Betanews, and Softpedia.
Paul Thurrott seems to be rather upset about “articles like this”. I’m honored!
I wonder what he thinks about this?!
I should note, again, that I did not make this discovery alone. I had help from a reader.
CCleaner Monthly Update
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Release Notes
***Pay attention during install. May attempt to install unwanted programs.
FYI – I use the portable version.
Release Notes v5.12.5431 (24 Nov 2015)
– Improved Firefox 42 Cache cleaning.
– Improved Google Chrome Download History cleaning.
– Improved Skip UAC on Windows 10.
– Improved detection and cleaning of portable browsers.
– Optimized cleaning rules loading routine.
– Improved localization and language support.
– Minor GUI Improvements.
– Minor bug fixes.
Aw man, I want one.
Star Trek Communicator prototype was a final frontier too far for Google
Lucas Out
George Lucas is done with Star Wars. He gave us episodes 4,5, and 6 but he also gave us episodes 1,2, and 3, and, Jar Jar Binks. Still, that’s too bad.
Playing a little catch-up today!
DWS Lite 1.6
Destroy Windows Spying updated.
“FINAL VERSION Spy fully functional blocks at the moment. For the program will be released only bug fixes, and minor changes after this release.”
7-Zip
My go-to Swiss army knife of file extractors has released its 1st non-beta in 5 years!
(Thanks to David M. for the heads up!)
Samsung 850 EVO 1TB Firmware
User A.G. reports that he just got a notification that firmware version EMT02B6Q was available for his drive despite the fact it was reported released in September.
A quick Google search shows a few other folks asking about it this week too. If you have one of these you may want to fire up the latest SSD Magician and check.
Stuff From Around The Web…
TrueCrypt is safer than previously reported, detailed analysis concludes
Administrative Tools in Windows 10
Fedora 23 Xfce review
Windows 10 pilot rollouts will surge in early 2016, says Gartner
Comcast injects copyright warnings into browsers, raising privacy concerns
