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Sysinternals Freeware Updated

July 19, 2022, 15:00(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 3 Comments

ZoomIt v6.0, BgInfo v4.30, PsExec v2.40, ProcMon v3.90 and Sigcheck v2.90 all updated.
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Wall Outlet Extender:
6 Outlet + 3 USB Ports
$11.86 with coupon code SNXCMKSJ (Enter code in cart)

Autoruns 14.04

October 13, 2021, 07:21(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 4 Comments

~~Autoruns 14.04~~
~~Bunch of fixes.~~
~~Download | Release Info~~

***WARNING – v14.05 just came out as a bugfix. I’m seeing posts that it is crashing on startup. DO NOT DOWNLOAD

Software I Use – 2021 Edition

August 30, 2021, 16:47(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

A while back someone asked me to do a freeware guide for Windows 10 like I have for other Windows operating systems. My heart wasn’t in it. While there is excellent free software out there, in many cases you get what you pay for. I’m tired of talking about second best software I don’t use. So below is a list of the software I have installed on at least one of the 8 PC’s I have scattered across my house.
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Autoruns 14.0

August 18, 2021, 15:08(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

“Autoruns, a utility for monitoring startup items, is the latest Sysinternals tool to receive a UI overhaul including a dark theme.”
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O&O ShutUp10 Updated

June 2, 2021, 06:15(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Version 1.8.1421
NEW: Support Windows 10 Version 21H1
New: Disable “Meet now” in the task bar on this device
NEW: Disable “Meet now” in the task bar for current user
NEW: Disable news and interests in the task bar on this device
NEW: Disable news and interests in the task bar for current user
Startup of application optimized
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Autoruns v13.100

April 24, 2021, 11:24(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

“This update to Autoruns fixes a crash reported in v13.99.”
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O&O ShutUp10 1.8.1420

March 30, 2021, 08:29(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

***edit 1150hrs
Despite the changelog saying this issue is fixed it is in fact not. See pic below.

1.8.1420 – released March 30, 2021
FIX: Disable telemetry
FIX: Disable automatic driver updates through Windows Update
Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)
Download | Changelog | Home Page

*edit 0915hrs
Here are the registry changes O&O Shutup10 version 1.8.1420 made when turning on “Disable Telemetry”

Changed from 0x00000001 = Enabled/Normal to 0x00000000 = Disabled/Ignore
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\WMI\Autologger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener]
“Start”=dword:00000000

Changed from 0x00000002 = Automatic to 0x00000004 = Disabled
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\DiagTrack]
“Start”=dword:00000004

Changed from 0x00000003 = Manual to 0x00000004 = Disabled
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\dmwappushservice]
“Start”=dword:00000004

***edit 1150hrs
See: https://www.tweakhound.com/2021/03/18/oo-shutup10-issue/
Just like before the the dmwappushservice gets rest a while after reboot.

O&O ShutUp10 Updated

December 3, 2019, 09:36(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

1.7.1404 – released December 03, 2019
NEW: Category “Activity History and Clipboard” added
NEW: Disable user activity recordings
NEW: Disable saving the activity history of users on this device
NEW: Disable transfer of user activity to Microsoft
NEW: Deactivate storage of the history of the clipboard
NEW: Disable transfer of the clipboard to other devices via the cloud
FIX: Display of menus on touchscreen corrected
FIX: Adjustments to the HighContrast modes
Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)

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PowerToys Returns

September 6, 2019, 07:23(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Started with Windows 95, PowerToys became really useful under Windows XP. A new release of PowerToys for Windows 10 contains only two apps right now:
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