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Wednesday News

February 23, 2022, 16:31(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

dBpoweramp Music Converter 17.6
Audio conversion CD ripper software. Been using this for years. Shareware.
Bugfixes, improvements, new codecs.
Download | Changes | Difference between versions

Wise Disk Cleaner 10.8.3
2 small changes.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info

EMDB 5.05
Free movie collection database software. 9 fixes/improvements.
Download | What’s New

Tagged With: Computer News

Weekend Random Stuff…

February 20, 2022, 09:12(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Sysinternals Freeware Updates
Autoruns v14.09, ProcMon v3.89, Sysmon v13.33 and ZoomIt v5.10
Download & Info

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 Optional Drivers
AMD Smart Access Memory optimizations for Ryzen CPUs with integrated graphics paired with discrete Radeon graphics, New hardware support, Warhammer III support.
Download | Release Notes

Google’s Roboto Serif is a beautiful new font that you can download and use for free right now
Download: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Serif

Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account
You’ll need a Microsoft account to set up future versions of Windows 11 Pro
Windows 11 Pro Will Soon Require a Microsoft Account, and People Are Pissed
Here is the source blog post: Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557
“Similar to Windows 11 Home edition, Windows 11 Pro edition now requires internet connectivity during the initial device setup (OOBE) only. If you choose to setup device for personal use, MSA will be required for setup as well. You can expect Microsoft Account to be required in subsequent WIP flights.”
There are claims that the bypass that we’ve all been using still works. You just unplug from the internet before you get to the new user screen. There are counter claims this doesn’t work. There are claims you can bypass it via semi-convoluted command line actions also. I reckon time will tell.

How You Can Limit Ad Tracking on Android and Chrome—Years Before Google Does
“In your Chrome browser, go to Settings > Security and Privacy > Block third-party cookies.”
“On an Android 12 phone, go to Settings > Privacy > Ads> Delete advertising ID. Now your advertising ID will be zeroed out and that’s what will be shared with apps. Google plans to roll this out to phones running Android 5 or newer in April.”

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Wednesday News

February 16, 2022, 17:47(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Macrium Reflect 8.0.6584
3 small fixes. Thanks AG!
Download | Release Notes

OBS Studio 27.2.0
“Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.”
Many New Features, Tweaks, and Bugfixes.
Download | Release Notes

Notepad++ 8.3.1
Fixes and Enhancements
Download & Info

Tagged With: Computer News

Monday News

February 14, 2022, 16:38(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 98.0.4758.102 for Windows, Mac and Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks…This update includes 11 security fixes.”
Download | Release Info
To update go to Menu (the the dots in upper-right corner > Help > About Google Chrome
or
type this in the URL bar: chrome://settings/help

Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 511.79 WHQL
Optimizations for 1/2 a dozen games.
Download Page | Release Notes
Direct Download

Tagged With: Computer News

Weekend News

February 13, 2022, 15:39(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Latest Software Downloads
FileZilla 3.58.0
MediaMonkey 5.0.2.2532
PowerToys 0.55.2

Samsung 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
-38% Now $142.49
List Price: $229.99

Tagged With: Computer News

Patch Tuesday

February 8, 2022, 16:51(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Windows Updates
Win10 – February 8, 2022—KB5010342 (OS Builds 19042.1526, 19043.1526, and 19044.1526)
Addresses over 20 security issues.
Win11 – February 8, 2022—KB5010386 (OS Build 22000.493)
Addresses over 20 security issues.

Firefox 97
A dozen security fixes, 11 bugfixes
Download | Release Notes
To update, go to Settings > Help > About.

Intel Graphics Driver 30.0.101.1340
Several game related fixes.
Download & Info

Tagged With: Computer News

Macrium Reflect Updated

February 7, 2022, 17:09(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Macrium Reflect 8.0.6560
A lot of small fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Tagged With: Backup, Cool Tools

Weekend News

February 6, 2022, 10:02(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver Installation Software with Intel Optane Memory (11th and 12th Gen Platforms)
Download & Info

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.2.1 Optional Drivers
Download | Release Notes

GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 511.72
Download & Info


Tagged With: Computer News

Tuesday News

February 1, 2022, 16:09(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Drivers
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 511.65 WHQL
Intel Iris Xe Graphics and Intel UHD Driver for 12th Gen Intel Core Processors
Intel Killer Performance Suite (Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Software)
Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows 10 and Windows 11

PowerToys 0.55.0
“The v0.55 release cycle continued our progress toward getting PowerToys ARM64 ready, fix some top issues and new utilities. Work from last month helped us enable us to upgrade the code base to .NET 5 and next month onward to .NET 6. This will provide stability and speed improvements.
We’re also extremely excited to bring on 3 new PowerToy utilities.
”
Download & Info

Tagged With: Computer News

Saturday News

January 29, 2022, 09:09(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Drivers
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.1.12 Optional Drivers
Realtek Ethernet drivers – Win10 or Win11

Software
Microsoft Office Version 2201 (How to Install Office Updates.)
Autoruns 14.08
Cleanmgr+ 1.50.1300
EMDB 5.02
Firefox 96.0.3
Mp3tag 3.12
Notepad++ 8.2.1

Google Just Gave You the Best Reason Yet to Finally Quit Using Chrome
“Ultimately, that change in the way Google is looking at Chrome–that it isn’t a tool that serves its users, but is a tool that serves up users to advertisers, albeit in a slightly more privacy protective way–is a bad sign.”

Smith & Wesson Border Guard 10in High Carbon S.S. Folding Knife
List Price: $41.99 Details
With Deal: $15.64
You Save: $26.35 (63%)

Tagged With: Computer News

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