A reader informed me that legendary Windows guru Woody Leonhard has passed away.
His contributions to the Windows are too numerous to count.
You can see his obituary at the site he founded, AskWoody.com.
Years ago had some kind words for my site and I was humbled and grateful.
Godspeed sir.
Patch Tuesday
Windows Updates
Addresses over 50 vulnerabilities including 6 actively exploited zero-days.
Win10 – March 11, 2025—KB5053606 (OS Builds 19044.5608 and 19045.5608)
Win11 – March 11, 2025—KB5053598 (OS Build 26100.3476)
Audacity 3.7.2
Free sound recorder and editor.
“This is a patch release.”
Download | Changelog
Friday News
Wise Disk Cleaner 11.2.1
“Clean useless and outdated junk files, browser traces, cookies, and history.”
Improvements, fixes, new program cleaning.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
Clonezilla 3.2.1-9
A FREE partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image or Norton Ghost.
“includes major enhancements and bug fixes.”
Download | Release Info
I recommend the alternative stable version, it probably has better hardware support.
Video: Clonezilla Ain’t Hard
New Drivers
New Graphics Drivers
AMD Software Adrenalin 25.3.1 WHQL Drivers
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 572.70 WHQL
New Intel Drivers
Intel Killer Performance Suite v36.25.2193
Intel Wireless Wi-Fi Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.120.0
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Wi-Fi Drivers for IT Administrators v23.120.0
Intel Wireless Bluetooth Drivers for Windows 10 and Windows 11 v23.120.0
Intel Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack v30.0.1
VMware Workstation and Player 17.6.3
Bugfixes
Download: Workstation Player or Workstation Pro
Release Notes: Workstation Player or Workstation Pro
Patch Tuesday
Windows Updates
Over 30 vulnerabilities addressed.
Win10 – February 11, 2025—KB5051974 (OS Builds 19044.5487 and 19045.5487)
Win11 – February 11, 2025—KB5051987 (OS Build 26100.3194)
O&O ShutUp10++ 1.9.1443
Small update.
Download | Changelog
Featured in Tweaking Windows 10.
Wise Disk Cleaner 11.2.0
“Clean useless and outdated junk files, browser traces, cookies, and history.”
Small update.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info
New Drivers From Intel
Linux Mint 22.1 Install
I’ve got Linux Mint 22.1 installed and running fine in a VMware virtual machine. As many of you know I do much of my computing in my Linux Mint VMs.
I did not do an upgrade because going from Linux Mint 21.3, which I was running, required going from 21.3 to 22 to 22.1 and frankly I wasn’t in the mood.
Here are a few screenshots. Click on them for full sized.
[Read more…] about Linux Mint 22.1 Install
Linux Mint 22.1 Is Out
“Linux Mint 22.1 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029.”
Blog Post (has full list of download links) | New Features | Release Notes
Notable in the release notes are virtual machine display issues.
I’m still on Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon. That is now 2 versions behind. I will test out the new version in the next few weeks, most likely doing an in place upgrade first.
Patch Tuesday
Windows Updates
Addresses 120+ vulnerabilities. That is not a typo, 120+ vulnerabilities.
Win10 – January 14, 2025—KB5049981 (OS Builds 19044.5371 and 19045.5371)
Win11 – January 14, 2025—KB5050009 (OS Build 26100.2894)