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ProcessMonitor v1.24, BgInfo v4.11 Released

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Process Monitor “is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.”
Version 1.24 “Fixes a bug in the new Registry hooking feature.”
BgInfo “automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop’s background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more.”
Version 4.11 “comes with a couple bug fixes and now supports images that span multiple monitors! In addition there are bug fixes for both large wallpaper centering and correctly identifying “Windows XP x64” installations.”
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CCleaner 2.01.507 Is Out

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[28 Sep 2007]
CCleaner v2.01
– Fixed bug where some IE Temporary files were not removed.
– Fixed bug with IE7 Recently Typed URLs cleaning.
– Fixed C++ exception on Desktop shortcut scanning.
– Installer now works on 64-bit OS Recycle Bins menus.
– Optimized IE Temp files cleaning speed.
– Improved index.dat cleaning on XP.
– Fixed Registry Cleaner as “Fix All” sometimes wouldn’t work.
– Keyboard shortcuts now work correctly in Registry section.
– Files winsys.ini and winreg.ini are now embedded in the EXE.
– Fixed bug where Autoupdate check could cause an exception.
– Fixed minor bug in restoring screen position and size.
– Lots of internal improvements to reliability and speed.
– Minor UI tweaks.

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***Only the standard build is available as of this writing. Be sure to uncheck the Yahoo toolbar during install!

Sysinternals Freeware Updates

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Updates: ZoomIt v1.7, Process Monitor v1.23, PsExec v1.86

ZoomIt v1.7: Coming fast on the heels of v1.6, v1.7 of this small and powerful screen zooming and annotation tool adds better straight-line support with auto-snapping and the ability to draw arrows.
Process Monitor v1.23: This update adds a new option, /WaitForIdle, to better support scripted execution. It also adds the /HookRegistry switch for forcing Process Monitor to use Registry hooking on Vista, which enables Process Monitor to see SoftGrid virtual Registry operations.
PsExec v1.86: This update supports launching processes in “nt authority\network service” and “nt authority\local service” accounts.

Cool Tool Of The Week – AutoRuns

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MSConfig on steriods! It’s a must-have.

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.

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Mozilla's New Focus on Thunderbird and Internet Communications

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Mozilla is creating a new company:

The goals for the new company are:
* Take care of Thunderbird users
* Move Thunderbird forward to provide better, deeper email solutions
* Create a better user experience for a range of Internet communications — how does / should email work with IM, RSS, VoIP, SMS, site-specific email, etc?
* Spark the types of community involvement and innovation that we’ve seen around web “browsing” and Firefox.

More at Mitchell Baker’s (Moz’s CEO) blog.

ReNamer 5.05

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ReNamer is a very powerful and flexible file renaming tool, which offers all the standard renaming procedures, including prefixes, suffixes, replacements, case changes, as well as removing contents of brackets, adding number sequences, changing file extensions, etc…

‘5.05 is a’ Small update which addresses several important issues with the previous version.
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