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New Article – The Vista Freeware Machine

December 25, 2008, 18:35(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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

December 25, 2008, 18:28(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

The Vista Freeware Machine article has been merged into The Windows 7 Freeware Machine article.

CCleaner v2.15.815

December 23, 2008, 10:32(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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.

Download CCleaner (slim)

Autoruns v9.37

December 20, 2008, 13:08(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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.

Autoruns v9.37: This update adds support for viewing the Local System account’s profile and adds a new option, Hide Microsoft and Windows Entries.

openSUSE 11.1 Released

December 18, 2008, 17:01(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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

IE7 Security Fix, Firefox 3.0.5

December 16, 2008, 18:17(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Microsoft will release a patch for the latest Internet Explorer security issue tomorrow according to Yahoo.
Firefox 3.0.5 has hit the mirrors and should be official any time now.
Hit the Firefox home page for the “official” release or see Major Geeks if you want it now.

Google Chrome Out Of Beta

December 11, 2008, 18:19(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Since we first released Google Chrome, the development team has been hard at work improving the stability and overall performance of the browser. In just 100 days, we have reached more than 10 million active users around the world (on all seven continents, no less) and released 14 updates to the product. We’re excited to announce that with today’s fifteenth release we are taking off the “beta” label!

Announcement at Google Blog
Download Google Chrome Version 1.0.154.36