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Windows Updates
≥ 45 vulnerabilities addressed.
Win10 – August 12, 2025—KB5063709 (OS Builds 19044.6216 and 19045.6216
Win11 – August 12, 2025—KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946)
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 580.97 WHQL
HWiNFO 8.30
“Comprehensive Hardware Analysis, Monitoring and Reporting for Windows and DOS.”
Fixes, enhancements, new hardware support.
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Notepad++ 8.8.5
Notepad on steroids.
A few fixes and improvements.
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Intel Arc & Iris Xe Graphics Driver 32.0.101.6989 WHQL
HandBrake 1.10.0
Free, open-source video converter.
This update has fixes, encoder & library updates.
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Samsung Magician 8.3.2
Configuration and maintenance tool for Samsung SSDs.
This hit the web last week. I’ve been waiting for them to post release notes. They haven’t.
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FYI, when presented with the screen below the answer is always “YES” regardless of what you are installing or where you are in the world.
It reduces the amount of info they collect on you.
AMD Software Adrenalin 25.8.1 WHQL Drivers
Audacity 3.7.5
Free sound recorder and editor.
This update has several fixes, Windows on ARM support, a few library updates.
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NirLauncher 1.30.20
“a package of more than 200 portable freeware utilities for Windows”
I use this on my Rescue Flash Drive (I know, I need to update that article.)
Windows will probably give you a virus warning because of the hacking tools this contains. It’s a false positive.
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A classic.
WACUP Preview Build 1.99.35.22222
Modern day Winamp replacement.
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OBS Studio 31.1.2
Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming for Windows, Mac or Linux.
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EMDB 5.38
Freeware movie collection database software.
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Wise Disk Cleaner 11.2.5
New rules, enhancements, and fixes.
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Intel Drivers
Intel Killer Performance Suite 40.25.614.156
Intel Network Adapter Driver for Windows 10 v30.3
Intel Network Adapter Driver for Windows 11 v30.3
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack v30.3
RIP Ozzy
Beyond legend.
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 577.00 WHQL
New Intel Drivers
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.150.0
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Wi-Fi Drivers for IT Administrators v23.150.0
Intel Wireless Bluetooth Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.150.0
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack v30.3
VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.4
Security update.
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VMware Tools 13.0.1
Security update.
Download from: https://packages.vmware.com/tools/releases/latest/
VirtualBox 7.1.12
“This is a maintenance release.”
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Over 70 vulnerabilities addressed.
Win10 – July 8, 2025—KB5062554 (OS Builds 19044.6093 and 19045.6093)
Win11 – July 8, 2025—KB5062553 (OS Build 26100.4652)
7-Zip 25.00
Freeware feature packed file archiver.
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Graphics Drivers
Intel Arc & Iris Xe Graphics Driver 32.0.101.6913 WHQL
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 576.88 WHQL
CPU-Z 2.16
“freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system”
Support new hardware.
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“Clean useless and outdated junk files, browser traces, cookies, and history.”
Release Notes:
1. Improved cleaning rules for WPS Office and Mozilla Firefox.
2. Added cleaning support for Jetbrains Pycharm, Jetbrains WebStorm, Jitsi, Visual Studio Code, jv16 PowerTools, Kakao Talk, Kingo Root, Launchy, Layers of Fear, LBRY, League of Legends, Leapfrog Connect, and Leawo Prof Media.
3. Fixed minor bugs from the previous version.
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