New version additions –
– Multiple schedules can be added now.
– Idle Time Defragmentation.
– Screensaver Defragmentation.Minor Changes –
– Percentage display when moving large files.
– Manual addition of file exclusion expression is now possible from main GUI.
– Removable storage can be accessed from main GUI.
– Puran Defrag now remembers its window position.
Windows 7 Tidbits From Around The Web
Gizmodo – Microsoft: Windows 7 Open Beta Download Limit Lifted Until January 24
Ghacks – Windows Vista Shrink Volume Problems
Neowin – Windows 7: Easy Connect overview (has links to several feature overviews)
Paul Thurrott – Windows 7 Beta Review
Ed Bott – Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7
IEBlog – IE8 in Windows 7 Beta
Windows 7 Home Page
Microsoft Windows 7 Downloads (updates, papers, etc.)
Windows 7 Beta – My Initial Impressions
Please understand these are my thoughts after only 2 days of using Windows 7 Beta. I fully understand that your experience may differ significantly than mine.
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Neowin – Windows 7 Beta: Quick Review
Neowin – Windows 7 Beta: Quick Review
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, announced that Windows 7 beta is available from today to MSDN and Technet subscribers. A public preview version will be available on Friday January 9th 2009.
Neowin goes through a quick install. Most of the reports on Windows 7 have been very positive. I know there have been versions floating around the torrent sites but I decided to wait for the public beta, so I’ll be downloading it this weekend.
New Nvidia Drivers
Nvidia GeForce 181.20 drivers are out. Bugfixes, performance improvements for XP, Vista, and Linux.
New Article – The Vista Freeware Machine
Did you or someone you know get a new computer for Christmas?
I hope my new article The Vista Freeware Machine will be of some use.
(Comments go in that articles section.)
The Vista Freeware Machine
The Vista Freeware Machine article has been merged into The Windows 7 Freeware Machine article.
CCleaner v2.15.815
CCleaner v2.15.815
– Added command-line secure deletion.
e.g. ccleaner.exe /delete “folder\*.*|MyFile.txt”
– Added Google Chrome thumbnail cleaning.
– Moved language files to /lang folder.
– Improved options cookie list browser detection.
– Fixed minor bug in XP prefetch cleaning.
– Fixed bug in IE History Index.dat cleaning.
– Fixed two minor compatibility bugs with Win98.
– Installer engine updates.
– Minor architecture improvements.
Autoruns v9.37
This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.
openSUSE 11.1 Released
The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.1. The openSUSE 11.1 release includes more than 230 new features, improvements to YaST, major updates to GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, and more freedom with a brand new license, Liberation fonts, and openJDK. This is also the first release built entirely in the openSUSE Build Service.
Release announcement.
Download it.
Linux.com – openSUSE 11.1 makes Christmas come early