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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Patch Tuesday

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Windows Updates
Win10 – March 8, 2022—KB5011487 (OS Builds 19042.1586, 19043.1586, and 19044.1586)
Bugfix + 30 security vulnerability fixes
Win11 – March 8, 2022—KB5011493 (OS Build 22000.556)
Bugfix + over 2 dozen security vulnerability fixes

Firefox 98
A few new features, a couple of fixes, 7 security fixes
Download | Release Notes

VLC Media Player 3.0.17
Several dozen improvements and fixes
Download Windows 64-bit | Other Downloads

Intel Graphics Windows DCH Drivers 30.0.101.1404
Support for new hardware, several game related fixes, fix for 8k TV
Download & Info

16TB Western Digital External Hard Drive
List Price: $449.99
With Deal: $269.99
You Save: $180.00 (40%)

Weekend Random Stuff…

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Firefox 97.0.2
Fixes 2 security vulnerabilities.
Download | Release Notes

Macrium Reflect 8.0.6635
A few small updates.
Download | Release Notes

OBS Studio 27.2.3
Hotfixes. “Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.”
Download & Info

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

Meet System Monitoring Center, a Powerful System Performance and Usage Monitoring Tool
Neat GUI system monitor for Linux.
Download & Info

Stronger muscles, longer life: Lifting weights for just 30 minutes a week lowers risk of death from all causes

Sean Payton Explains Why Big Bench Press Numbers At NFL Combine Is A Bad Thing For Linemen
Many, many years ago at a local gym I was working out next to an ex-NBA player. Dude was 7’4″ with an 8’2″ wingspan. He asked for a spot, we chatted a bit. He was very frustrated with his bench press weight. I remember saying something like, “dude, you have to push the bar a foot farther than I do”.
Just get some resistance training in. Anyone who cares about how much weight you’re doing isn’t worth your time. I don’t think I’ve done a one-rep-max in 20 years. I couldn’t even hazard a guess on how much weight I can do in a particular exercise.
My Workout Playlist

Tuesday News

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Google Chrome Updated
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 99 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 28 security fixes.”
Download | Release Info
To update go to Menu (the the dots in upper-right corner > Help > About Google Chrome
or
type this in the URL bar: chrome://settings/help

CPU-Z 2.0
Support for new hardware.
Download (I use portable)

PowerToys 0.56.1
Many improvements and fixes.
Download & Info

Weekend Random Stuff…

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Sysinternals Freeware Updates
Autoruns v14.09, ProcMon v3.89, Sysmon v13.33 and ZoomIt v5.10
Download & Info

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 Optional Drivers
AMD Smart Access Memory optimizations for Ryzen CPUs with integrated graphics paired with discrete Radeon graphics, New hardware support, Warhammer III support.
Download | Release Notes

Google’s Roboto Serif is a beautiful new font that you can download and use for free right now
Download: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Serif

Windows 11 Pro will soon require a Microsoft Account
You’ll need a Microsoft account to set up future versions of Windows 11 Pro
Windows 11 Pro Will Soon Require a Microsoft Account, and People Are Pissed
Here is the source blog post: Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557
“Similar to Windows 11 Home edition, Windows 11 Pro edition now requires internet connectivity during the initial device setup (OOBE) only. If you choose to setup device for personal use, MSA will be required for setup as well. You can expect Microsoft Account to be required in subsequent WIP flights.”
There are claims that the bypass that we’ve all been using still works. You just unplug from the internet before you get to the new user screen. There are counter claims this doesn’t work. There are claims you can bypass it via semi-convoluted command line actions also. I reckon time will tell.

How You Can Limit Ad Tracking on Android and Chrome—Years Before Google Does
“In your Chrome browser, go to Settings > Security and Privacy > Block third-party cookies.”
“On an Android 12 phone, go to Settings > Privacy > Ads> Delete advertising ID. Now your advertising ID will be zeroed out and that’s what will be shared with apps. Google plans to roll this out to phones running Android 5 or newer in April.”
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Monday News

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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 98.0.4758.102 for Windows, Mac and Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks…This update includes 11 security fixes.”
Download | Release Info
To update go to Menu (the the dots in upper-right corner > Help > About Google Chrome
or
type this in the URL bar: chrome://settings/help

Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 511.79 WHQL
Optimizations for 1/2 a dozen games.
Download Page | Release Notes
Direct Download