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Patch Tuesday
Windows 10 & 11 had updates covering over 2 dozen security vulnerabilities.
Win10 21H2 is now at end of service.
Win10 – June 11, 2024—KB5039211 (OS Builds 19044.4529 and 19045.4529)
Win11 – June 11, 2024—KB5039212 (OS Builds 22621.3737 and 22631.3737)

O&O AppBuster 1.4.1344
“O&O AppBuster shows you which of these Microsoft-supplied apps with Windows are installed on your computer and which you can install on request ”
Download | Changelog
Featured in Tweaking Windows 10.

HWiNFO 8.04
“Comprehensive Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows and DOS.”
Fixes, enhancements, new hardware support.
Download (I use portable) | Version History

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Intel Network Drivers
Windows 10 and Windows 11 Wi-Fi Drivers for Intel Wireless Adapters v23.50.0
Intel Killer Performance Suite 35.24.5373
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Drivers for IT Admins v23.50.0
Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.50.0
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack 29.1.1.1

7-Zip 24.06
Freeware feature packed file archiver.
Download & Info

Mp3tag 3.26
Freeware audio tag editor.
Couple of new features, lots of bugfixes, performance improvements.
Download | Release Info

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AMD Software Adrenalin 24.5.1 WHQL Drivers
Game related fixes and improvements.
Download | Release Notes

Intel Arc & Iris Xe Drivers 31.0.101.5522 WHQL
Game related fixes and improvements
Download | Release Notes

7-Zip 24.05
Freeware feature packed file archiver.
Download & Info

HandBrake 1.8.0
Free, open-source video converter.
“This release continues a focus on the HandBrake core engine, improvements in feature parity between the Mac, Windows and Linux User Interfaces and many other fixes and improvements. Many 3rd party libraries have also been updated, including the latest SVT-AV1 2.1.0 encoder.”
Download & Release Notes | Release Announcement

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Windows Updates
Updates addresses 40-42 vulnerabilities.
Win10 – May 14, 2024—KB5037768 (OS Builds 19044.4412 and 19045.4412)
Win11 – May 14, 2024—KB5037770 (OS Build 22000.2960)

VMware Player 17.5.2
A few fixes.
see also: VMware Workstation Pro: Now Available Free for Personal Use
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Their server seems to be having issues. I’ve uploaded the file (windows) HERE until the issue is resolved.

ExpressVPN has been updated across all platforms. Update from within the program or your app store.

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Intel Network Drivers
Intel Killer Performance Suite 35.24.4275 (Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Software for the Intel Killer products)
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack 29.1

HWiNFO 8.02
“Comprehensive Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows and DOS.”
Fixes, enhancements, new hardware support.
Download (I use portable) | Version History

EMDB 5.29
Freeware movie collection database software. 2 new features and a few fixes.
Download | What’s New
My Movie Database

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Fixing Microsoft’s KB5034441 Charlie Foxtrot

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Back in January I mentioned that there was an issue installing the Windows 10 KB5034441 update. This update provides an update to the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE). The update fails for most people with error 0x80070643. The excuse given was, “update requires 250 MB of free space in the recovery partition to install successfully”. It failed on the 6 computers I have running Win10.
At the time I said about this, “here is a “fix”, I tried it and it works. HOWEVER, I DO NOT recommend it at this time. Give Microsoft time to see if they can fix this.”
Welp, according to Neowin, “Microsoft has acknowledged that an automatic resolution for this issue will not be released and as such, the only way to fix this is manually.”
That’s just friggin’ great. A perfect example of the downfall of Microsoft. Create a problem due to poor quality control and then refuse to fix it. This has left the non-Geek out there to try and do a geeky exercise that could render their computer unbootable. Thanks Microsoft!
Here’s how to fix it…
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