This is the first week Win10 machines need to be enrolled in ESU to get security updates.
This months patches addresses nearly 3 dozen vulnerabilities.
Win10 – November 11, 2025—KB5068781 (OS Builds 19044.6575 and 19045.6575)
Win11 – November 11, 2025—KB5068861 (OS Builds 26200.7171 and 26100.7171)
Tuesday News
Happy Veterans Day to all my Brothers and Sisters who served.
Video – Windows “SUCKS”: How I’d Fix it by a retired Microsoft Windows engineer
““Windows Sucks” is the most frequent comment I get – here’s what I really think and how I would address the most common Windows annoyances: a love letter to Windows wrapped in a rant.”
Interesting!
Wise Disk Cleaner 11.2.8
Added a few programs, a few fixes, and minor improvements.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
Paint.NET 5.1.11
“Paint.NET is image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows.”
Download & Info
HWiNFO 8.34
“Comprehensive Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows and DOS.”
Download (I use portable) | Release History
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Core Parking
I’ve been perusing the web and came across several articles and forum posts discussing the Core Parking tweak. Folks seem to still be misinterpreting what it actually does and sometimes posting the wrong instructions.
I thought I would try and set things straight.
I would appreciate some feedback on this article, does it make sense, did I get something wrong?
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WACUP 1.99.41.22982 Released
WACUP = WinAmp Community Update Project
Download & Info | Changelog (x86) or (x64)
If you want full plugin compatibility use the x86 version.
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Wednesday News
AMD Graphics Drivers
AMD Software Adrenalin 25.10.2 Drivers
Since it looks like AMD has dropped Win10 support for some cards? Here is some of the last Win10 drivers:
AMD Software Adrenalin 25.9.1
AMD Software Adrenalin 25.8.1
The question mark above is my confusion. The page linked to only mentions Win11 support but the file it links to is:
whql-amd-software-adrenalin-edition-25.10.2-win10-win11-oct-rdna3-combined.exe
Intel Drivers
Intel Arc Graphics Driver 32.0.101.8247
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.170.0
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Wi-Fi Drivers for IT Administrators v23.170.0
Intel Wireless Bluetooth Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.170.0
O&O ShutUp10 Updated
O&O ShutUp10++ 2.1.1015
“The free antispy tool for Windows 10 and 11”
Added Removal of Copilot for Windows 10 and 11 (see changelog). A few changes and fixes.
Download | Changelog
Featured in Tweaking Windows 10.
Wednesday News
Bleachbit 5.0.2
Free, open source system cleaner for Windows and Linux.
Mostly fixes.
Download (I use portable on Windows) | Release Info
VirtualBox 7.2.4
“This is a maintenance release.”
Download | Changelog
Intel Drivers
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack 30.5
Intel Arc Graphics Driver 32.0.101.8136
Intel 7th – 10th Gen Processor Graphics Driver 31.0.101.2137
Clonezilla 3.3.0-33
A FREE partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image or Norton Ghost.
“This release of Clonezilla live (3.3.0-33) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.”
Download
I recommend the alternative stable version, it probably has better hardware support.
Video: Clonezilla Ain’t Hard
Notepad++ 8.8.7
Notepad on steroids.
A few fixes.
Download & Info
Thursday News
PowerToys 0.95.0
“PowerToys is a set of utilities for customizing Windows”
Download & Info
VMware Workstation Pro 25H2
Download | Release Notes
Patch Tuesday
Windows Updates
Covering nearly 100 vulnerabilities in Win10 and well over 100 in Win11.
This is allegedly the last Patch Tuesday for Win10 machines not enrolled in ESU.
Win10 – October 14, 2025—KB5066791 (OS Builds 19044.6456 and 19045.6456)
Win11 – October 14, 2025—KB5066835 (OS Builds 26200.6899 and 26100.6899)
O&O ShutUp10++ 2.0.1009
Free, portable privacy / anti-spy tool.
Download | Changelog
Featured in Tweaking Windows 10.
Installing or Upgrading to Windows 11
Many folks have repeatedly asked for a Windows 11 Tweak Guide. I’m not promising that will happen but toward that end I’ve been experimenting with installing and/or upgrading Windows 11 on my main PC.
Since it’s release I’ve done an upgrade with almost every version on Win11.
This go round with version 25H2 I did:
– Update via Windows update
– Update online via setup.exe from an extracted ISO.
– Update offline via setup.exe from an extracted ISO.
– Clean install booting from a USB drive via ISO.
My goal in all this was to use a local account. I do not want a Microsoft account on my PC.
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