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Weekend Random Stuff…

October 27, 2017, 14:55(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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Browser Updates
Chrome 62.0.3202.75 (32-bit here.)
Firefox 56.0.2
Tor Browser 7.0.8

Software Updates
Adobe Flash Player 27.0.0.183. Download for Firefox, Opera or Internet Explorer
CrystalDiskMark 5.5.0
EMDB 3.05
Mp3tag 2.85

Twankers
The Twits at Twitter overstated the number of users for many years. They claim their users number around 330 million. No word on how many of those are fake accounts and bots. Although I’ve run into few accounts there that weren’t too bad, most seem to be filled with self-serving, lying twaddle. Maybe that’s why A third of America wouldn’t care if Twitter disappeared.

A KeyGen? Really?
I didn’t even know these things were still floating around! Anywho…
Some dude at the NSA disabled his AV (Kaspersky), tried to use a fake key generator, got pawned, NSA stuff exposed.
So says Kaspersky anyway. Source: El Reg

Off Topic

MegaRipoff
Already at ridiculous odds, Megamillions odds just got worse and more expensive to play.
“Starting on Saturday, tickets will cost $2…the odds of winning the jackpot will get worse jumping from 1 in 258.9 million in this week’s drawings to 1 in 302.6 million.

Tagged With: Computer News

Rock Dropping Punks

October 24, 2017, 17:00(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

OFF TOPIC
[Read more…] about Rock Dropping Punks

Tagged With: Off Topic

CCleaner Updated

October 24, 2017, 16:40(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

CCleaner

Version 5.36 is out.
Download (I use the portable version.)
Thanks to A.G. for the heads up!

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Monday Random Stuff…

October 23, 2017, 18:02(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)


Nvidia Drivers
388.00 WHQL released.
“Provides the optimal gaming experience for Destiny 2 and Assassin’s Creed Origins”

Win10 Controlled Folder Access
Today sites are linking to an article at Bleepingcomputer about a new Win10 feature called “Controlled Folder Access”. iVerge discussed this back on June 29th: “The new controlled folder feature is designed to protect against viruses and ransomware from locking machines out of certain folders.”

Wise Disk Cleaner Updated
Version 9.5.7.681: “Improved Mozilla Firefox Cookies cleaning. Minor GUI improvements. Updated various translations.”
Download (I use the portable version.)

Another O&O ShutUp10 Update
Version 1.6.1393​ brings a few fixes.
Download

My new favorite beer!
This ones for you Kelly!

Tagged With: Computer News

Dear Houston,

October 22, 2017, 09:39(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

You’re welcome.
Love,
Detroit, Michigan & Goochland, Virginia
p.s. – Beat LA!
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Astros win first AL pennant; Justin Verlander named ALCS MVP
Astros Force ALCS Game 7 as Justin Verlander Dominates Yankees
Verlander crafts masterpiece with 13-K CG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Verlander

Tagged With: Off Topic

Weekend Random Stuff…

October 20, 2017, 15:07(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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[H]ardMobo’s
Kyle and crew take a look at 2 Gigabyte AMD Threadripper motherboards:
Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 3 (Silver Award)
“The Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 3 motherboard does what it is made for, but do not expect much else if overclocking is your goal. We were actually very impressed with this inexpensive X299 motherboard in that it held stable in most of the abuse we heaped on it.”
& the
Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7 TR4 (Gold Award)
“If you are looking to overclock the Threadripper, we can highly suggest the Gaming 7. The Gaming 7 has the power components and UEFI tweaks needed to push your Threadripper, if you have the cooling.”

Tor Browser 7.0.7
“This release updates Firefox to 52.4.1esr, HTTPS-Everywhere to 2017.10.4 and NoScript to 5.1.2.”
Download

VirtualBox 5.2
“This is a major update.”
Download

Off Topic
Chris Long to donate final 10 Eagles game checks, play for free
This season, Long had a base salary of $1 million. All of that money is now going to fund the education of others…”I’ve been lucky,” Long said after donating his first six game checks earlier this year. “I’ve made a lot of money in my career, so it’s not like I’m scrapping check to check. This isn’t a hero thing. It’s nothing like that. It’s honestly just that I want to put my money where my mouth is.”
Outstanding

L.A. Guns – “The Flood’s The Fault Of The Rain” (Official Video)

Tagged With: Computer News

O&O ShutUp10 Updated (Again)

October 18, 2017, 16:21(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Version 1.6.1392 – released October 18, 2017
– Bug fix for setting “Disable the Windows Custoemr Experience Improvement Program”
– Bug fix for saving window settings for multiple monitors

Tagged With: Cool Tools

No Update For The Win10 Tweak Guide

October 18, 2017, 15:10(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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Unless I have missed something I see no need to update the Tweak Guide for the Fall Creators Update.
However, the Windows 10 Privacy Settings companion for the Tweak Guide is another story. I hope to have it done by the end of next week.

Tagged With: This Site, Windows 10

Google Chrome Updated

October 18, 2017, 07:40(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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35 security fixes in Chrome 62.0.3202.62.
Download: Chrome 32-bit or Chrome 64-bit

Tagged With: Security

What To Do After Installing Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

October 17, 2017, 15:43(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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1 – Run Windows Update (Yes, there are updates already.)
reboot
2 – Run O&O ShutUp10 (There are a few new sections.)
See this page of Windows 10 Privacy Settings for more info.
reboot
3 – Run Windows 10 Advanced Disk Cleanup
reboot
4 – Run other disk cleanup utilities. I use CCleaner portable & Wise Disk Cleaner portable.
See this page of the Win10 Tweak Guide for more info.
reboot
5 – Make a system image.
Done!

Tagged With: Windows 10

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