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Thunderbird 3.1.9

March 4, 2011, 15:33(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Download or update from within the program (Help / Check for Updates).

Thunderbird 3.1.9 fixes the following issues in Thunderbird 3.1.8:
* Prevents a crash after update, that is affecting some users.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Firefox 3.6.15

March 4, 2011, 14:38(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Download or update from within the program (Help / Check for Updates).

Firefox 3.6.15 fixes the following issues found in previous versions of Firefox 3.6:
* Fixed an issue where some Java applets would fail to load in Firefox 3.6.14

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Firefox 3.6.14, Thunderbird 3.1.8

March 1, 2011, 17:18(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.14 & Thunderbird 3.1.8 Download them from the previous links or update from within the program (Help / Check for Updates).

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

CCleaner 3.04

March 1, 2011, 14:38(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Download CCleaner (slim)

Better Registry Cleaning and Windows 7 SP1 support.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

VirtualBox 4.0.4

February 20, 2011, 10:45(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Download VirtualBox 4.0.4. See the VirtualBox changelog for details. Be sure to update your Guest Additions and Extension Pack too.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware, Software

Internet Explorer 9 RC

February 10, 2011, 16:57(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Microsoft has released the IE9 Release Candidate. RC usually means it is the last step to the final version.
Below are the links of interest.
Need some help. MS changed a few things from the Beta involving the placement of the bars up top. For moving the menu bar up top the old itbar7position tweak doesn’t seem to work. Anyone figured this out?
Download IE9 RC (Vista, 7, 2K8 only. Not XP.)
Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate Product Guide
Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate – New Features Summary
IE Blog – Acting on Feedback: IE9 Release Candidate Available for Download
ie9rc

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware, Windows 7

Adobe Reader 10.0.1

February 9, 2011, 16:49(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Download it from Major Geeks or update from within the program (Help > Check for Updates).
Release Notes:

Feb 8 2011
10.0.1
Numerous security fixes as well as improvements to Protected Mode, QTP support, Flash, and support for SCCM via newly released SCUP catalogs.

Tagged With: Freeware

LibreOffice 3.3 Released

January 25, 2011, 20:43(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

LibreOffice a free Office Suite and is a fork of OpenOffice. Head over to ARS Technica for a review.
Head to the LibreOffice home page to download it.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 2.2

January 25, 2011, 20:34(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

UWT is the only Windows 7 tweak program I use and recommend. Download & Info

Change Log
Ultimate Windows Tweaker v 2.2 now works on Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer
+ Supports Internet Explorer 9 Beta
+ Enable Menu bar permanently
+ Always on InPrivate Filtering
+ Hide Compatibility View button
+ Disable sending keystrokes to your default search engine
+ Enable Quick Tabs
+ Manage no. of rows in about:Tabs (IE9 only)
+ Disable caching of SSL pages
+ Enable software rendering instead of GPU redering (IE9 only)
User Accounts & UAC
+ Manage user accounts (improved)
System Performance
+ Disable PAE
# Extensive code optimization for speed improvement
# Improved refreshing capability after applying tweaks
# No more prompts after each Apply clicks
# Some UI and typo fixes

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

CCleaner v3.03

January 25, 2011, 20:29(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Download CCleaner (slim)

v3.03.1366 (25 Jan 2011)
* Added K-Meleon browser support.
* Added Rockmelt browser support.
* Added Chrome Plus browser support.
* Added Saved Password cleaning for all browsers.
* Added cleaning for multiple profiles in Google Chrome.
* Added Recent Search History cleaning for Safari.
* Added cleaning for Adobe Acrobat 9.0 and 10.0, Shockwave 10 and 11, Daemon Tools, Compare It! and Microsoft Search Helper Extension.
* Improved Autocomplete Form History cleaning for IE9.
* Improved Saved Form Information cleaning for Chromium based browsers.
* Improved Internet History cleaning for Opera.
* Improved Internet Cache cleaning for Firefox.
* Improved cleaning for Silverlight and Adobe Reader.
* Improved Office 2003 and XP to prevent removal of autocorrect settings.
* Added more Windows MRU cleaning rules.
* Added Belarusian translation.
* Minor UI tweaks and fixes.

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

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