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Internet Explorer 9 RC

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Microsoft has released the IE9 Release Candidate. RC usually means it is the last step to the final version.
Below are the links of interest.
Need some help. MS changed a few things from the Beta involving the placement of the bars up top. For moving the menu bar up top the old itbar7position tweak doesn’t seem to work. Anyone figured this out?
Download IE9 RC (Vista, 7, 2K8 only. Not XP.)
Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate Product Guide
Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate – New Features Summary
IE Blog – Acting on Feedback: IE9 Release Candidate Available for Download
ie9rc

Adobe Reader 10.0.1

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Download it from Major Geeks or update from within the program (Help > Check for Updates).
Release Notes:

Feb 8 2011
10.0.1
Numerous security fixes as well as improvements to Protected Mode, QTP support, Flash, and support for SCCM via newly released SCUP catalogs.

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 2.2

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UWT is the only Windows 7 tweak program I use and recommend. Download & Info

Change Log
Ultimate Windows Tweaker v 2.2 now works on Internet Explorer 9
Internet Explorer
+ Supports Internet Explorer 9 Beta
+ Enable Menu bar permanently
+ Always on InPrivate Filtering
+ Hide Compatibility View button
+ Disable sending keystrokes to your default search engine
+ Enable Quick Tabs
+ Manage no. of rows in about:Tabs (IE9 only)
+ Disable caching of SSL pages
+ Enable software rendering instead of GPU redering (IE9 only)
User Accounts & UAC
+ Manage user accounts (improved)
System Performance
+ Disable PAE
# Extensive code optimization for speed improvement
# Improved refreshing capability after applying tweaks
# No more prompts after each Apply clicks
# Some UI and typo fixes

CCleaner v3.03

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Download CCleaner (slim)

v3.03.1366 (25 Jan 2011)
* Added K-Meleon browser support.
* Added Rockmelt browser support.
* Added Chrome Plus browser support.
* Added Saved Password cleaning for all browsers.
* Added cleaning for multiple profiles in Google Chrome.
* Added Recent Search History cleaning for Safari.
* Added cleaning for Adobe Acrobat 9.0 and 10.0, Shockwave 10 and 11, Daemon Tools, Compare It! and Microsoft Search Helper Extension.
* Improved Autocomplete Form History cleaning for IE9.
* Improved Saved Form Information cleaning for Chromium based browsers.
* Improved Internet History cleaning for Opera.
* Improved Internet Cache cleaning for Firefox.
* Improved cleaning for Silverlight and Adobe Reader.
* Improved Office 2003 and XP to prevent removal of autocorrect settings.
* Added more Windows MRU cleaning rules.
* Added Belarusian translation.
* Minor UI tweaks and fixes.

BleachBit 0.8.3 Released

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I consider this a program for advanced users. Be careful with it.
Download & Info

BleachBit quickly frees disk space and tirelessly guards your privacy. Free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk you didn’t know was there. Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean 90 applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Adobe Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari,and more. Beyond simply deleting files, BleachBit includes advanced features such as shredding files to prevent recovery, wiping free disk space to hide traces of files deleted by other applications, and vacuuming Firefox to make it faster. Better than free, BleachBit is open source.
Multi-platform: Linux and Windows
BleachBit 0.8.3 cleans more Opera, WinRAR, Adobe Reader, Windows logs; improves wiping speed; adds menu options; add a Lithuanian translation; and updates other 18 translations.

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Firefox 3.6.13, Thunderbird 3.1.7

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Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.13 & Thunderbird 3.1.7. Download them from the previous links or update from within the program (Help / Check for Updates).

Firefox 3.6.13 fixes the following issues found in previous versions of Firefox 3.6:
* Fixed several security issues.
* Fixed several stability issues.

Thunderbird 3.1.7 fixes the following issues in Thunderbird 3.1.6:
* Several fixes to improve performance, stability and security, see the Security Advisory.
* Several fixes to improve handling of large folder files stored locally.
* Several fixes to improve corruption in local copy of IMAP mailboxes.

Autoruns v10.06

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Autoruns v10.06: This release fixes a bug that could affect delete and disable operations on entries stored as multisz registry values.

What is Autoruns?

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.