A while back someone asked me to do a freeware guide for Windows 10 like I have for other Windows operating systems. My heart wasn’t in it. While there is excellent free software out there, in many cases you get what you pay for. I’m tired of talking about second best software I don’t use. So below is a list of the software I have installed on at least one of the 8 PC’s I have scattered across my house.
[Read more…] about Software I Use – 2021 Edition
Software
Autoruns 14.0
“Autoruns, a utility for monitoring startup items, is the latest Sysinternals tool to receive a UI overhaul including a dark theme.”
Download & Info
O&O ShutUp10 Updated
Version 1.8.1421
NEW: Support Windows 10 Version 21H1
New: Disable “Meet now” in the task bar on this device
NEW: Disable “Meet now” in the task bar for current user
NEW: Disable news and interests in the task bar on this device
NEW: Disable news and interests in the task bar for current user
Startup of application optimized
Download | Changelog
Google Chrome 91
“This update includes 32 security fixes.” Also supposedly fixes the crashing issue some folks had.
Download | Release Info
Autoruns v13.100
“This update to Autoruns fixes a crash reported in v13.99.”
Download
O&O ShutUp10 1.8.1420
***edit 1150hrs
Despite the changelog saying this issue is fixed it is in fact not. See pic below.
1.8.1420 – released March 30, 2021
FIX: Disable telemetry
FIX: Disable automatic driver updates through Windows Update
Available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified)
Download | Changelog | Home Page
*edit 0915hrs
Here are the registry changes O&O Shutup10 version 1.8.1420 made when turning on “Disable Telemetry”
Changed from 0x00000001 = Enabled/Normal to 0x00000000 = Disabled/Ignore
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\WMI\Autologger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener]
“Start”=dword:00000000
Changed from 0x00000002 = Automatic to 0x00000004 = Disabled
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\DiagTrack]
“Start”=dword:00000004
Changed from 0x00000003 = Manual to 0x00000004 = Disabled
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\dmwappushservice]
“Start”=dword:00000004
***edit 1150hrs
See: https://www.tweakhound.com/2021/03/18/oo-shutup10-issue/
Just like before the the dmwappushservice gets rest a while after reboot.
WACUP, Winamp Lives On
Winamp
I’ve always loved Winamp and it’s pretty much been my main Windows music player since the late 90’s.
[Read more…] about WACUP, Winamp Lives On
WACUP Dual-Screen with Visualizations
An article on the Winamp reviving WACUP will be out at some point.
Until then, check out my workout/game room setup:
[Read more…] about WACUP Dual-Screen with Visualizations
Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 88.0.4324.150 for Windows, Mac and Linux”
2 days ago Chrome was updated to 88.0.4324.146. Between the 2 updates it covers 7 security issues.
Download | Info
Chrome for Android was updated to 88.0.4324.141 on the 1st.
“This release includes stability and performance improvements.”
Google Chrome Updated
v81.0.4044.122 “This update includes 8 security fixes”
Download | Release Info
Chrome for Android updated too. The Chrome Android team can’t be bothered with release notes or info so we get, “You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log.“.
Check it out, it’s a real page turner that is full of such enlightening info as,
“Flush the output file after writing if it was mapped into memory.
This avoids an interesting bug in Windows as per the code comment.”
or
“Move unmapping of large pages out of the spin-lock in PartitionAlloc
Instead of unmapping directly, Free() returns DeferredUnmap that needs
to be run after releasing the lock.”
Keep working that nerd stereotype boys, I’m sure those Silicon Valley chicks dig it.