Computer stuff...
Acronis has released the much anticipated and overdue Disk Director 11 Home.
The main feature of this version that most of us have been waiting here is Windows 7 support!
Buy the Full Version
or
Buy The Upgrade
See this page for a feature list and screenshot.
Autoruns v10.01: This fixes a bug in the Registry jump-to function for HKCU registry paths.
Microsoft (Sysinternals) freeware apps updated including Autoruns v10, Process Explorer v12.04, and Sigcheck v1.7.
See this Sysinternals blog post for download and info.
There have been a few cool software releases over the last few days so I thought I would post them.
1 – The late, great X-Setup has gone belly-up. They made the last version available for free. See MajorGeeks for the install version or the portable version. The key is in the ReadMe.txt file.
2 – Paragon’s Partition Alignment Tool & Whitepaper is free for a limited time. ( “solves misalignment problems on 4K hard disk drives, SSD, RAID, SAN and in virtual environments” ) Head over to The Windows Club for download and info. I’ve not had a chance to test it.
3 – OpenOffice 3.2.1 final has been released (unofficially at this point). See MajorGeeks for the download.
4 – RAMMap v1.0. This shows everthing you want to know about your memory use. I downloaded this a few weeks ago and haven’t had much time to play with it. One thing I’ve noticed is that if you run it from a drive other than the drive your OS is on some anomalies will show. This will eventually make it to the Cool Tools section. Go to Sysinternals for download and info.
5 – PerfectDisk 11 Service Pack 2 (Build 174) has been released. Download it from within the program. See the PerfectDisk blog post for more info.
6 – Firefox and Thunderbird updates that were supposed to be out already should be out any day now. So keep an eye out for that.
CCleaner v2.32.1165
* Added support for Microsoft Office 2010.
* Added Opera search field history cleaning.
* Added Real Player SP cleaning.
* Added “Analyze” and “Clean” context menu options to rule tree parent nodes.
* Added “Restore default settings” button to Advanced Options.
* Improved Opera favicons cleaning.
* Improved support for Media Player Classic.
* Improved cleaning of shortcuts on 64-bit machines.
* Improve localization support.
* Fixed bug with Russian translation.
* Minor bug fixes.
Lots of fixes. See the following page for download, info, and links: : Acronis True Image Home 2010 new build release # 7046
Firefox 3.6.3 fixes a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution (see bug 555109).
What’s New in Thunderbird 3.0.4
* Several fixes to improve stability and security, see the Security Advisory.
* Several fixes to the user interface.
Full change log:
CCleaner v2.30.1130
* Improved Firefox History cleaning to remove orphaned items.
* Improved Opera History cleaning.
* Improved Options Include/Exclude screens.
* Added manual domain adding for Cookies to keep list.
* Added time remaining to Wipe Free space.
* Added context menu to Summary Results for individual rule cleaning.
* Added context menu to Detailed Results to add file to Exclude list.
* Improved Firefox database compacting.
* Improved support for OpenOffice.
* Improved support for screen reader.
* Improved registry detection and backup support for 64-bit OSs.
* Improved Free Space wiping routines.
* Fixed bug in application detection algorithm.
* Minor GUI improvements.
This program was updated a few days ago and I missed it.
See the home page for info and download.
See the DeviantArt page also for download, info, and help.
*tip – For some of the folks getting errors. I’ve found that you must be using a normal sized taskbar (taskbar properties > use small icons).