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Tweaking Windows Vista
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Windows Vista
Time To Run Windows Update
Updates available for 2K, XP, 2K3, Vista, IE 6, IE 7, Outlook, Outlook Express, etc…
Top 10 Wi-Fi Boosts, Tweaks and Apps
No doubt you’ve got a home wireless network or you’ve connected to hotspots at the local coffee shop or airport—but are you getting the most out of your Wi-Fi? Whether you want to strengthen, extend, bridge, secure, sniff, detect, or obscure your signal, today we’ve got our top 10 best Wi-Fi utilities and tweaks for the power wireless user.
IE7Pro
Nice add-on for IE7 users with added script blocker cookies and temp files cleaned automatically.
Please check it out.
http://www.ie7pro.com/
Update and Blog on ProcessMonitor v1.25
ProcessMonitor v1.25: Minor bug fixes.
ProcessMonitor Blog on “The Case of the Failed File Copy”: Check out Mark’s new blog where he uses Process Monitor to uncover the root cause for a file copy error. Process Monitor is uniquely useful for exposing file, registry, and process activity within Windows.
New Vista Hotfixes
Chris Pirillo's Vista Rant
I was gonna try and describe it, but, you just gotta read it! You go Chris!
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ProcessMonitor v1.24, BgInfo v4.11 Released
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.”
Download & Info
CCleaner 2.01.507 Is Out
[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.
Download
***Only the standard build is available as of this writing. Be sure to uncheck the Yahoo toolbar during install!
Sysinternals Freeware Updates
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.