Vista – Benchmarking The Tweaks
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CCleaner v2.08.588
[29th May 2008]
CCleaner v2.08New
– Added Startup tool enable/disable checkbox.
– Fixed problem with Vista “low” folders being removed.
– Improved index.dat detection on multiple scans.
– Secure deletion improved with IE History index.dat files.
– Added OS detection to INI files.
– Added Vista Thumbnail Cache cleaning.
– Added ImgBurn cleaning.
– Added Secure deletion to “Recent Documents” cleaning.
– Improved Vista “Recent Documents” cleaning.
– Fixed bug with Chkdsk chk files not being removed.
– Added “Select all” checkbox to header of Registry cleaner.
– Added sorting to Startup tool listview.
– Fixed Vista 64 issue with Startup tool.
– Added Croatian translation.
– Minor tweaks and GUI improvements.
Sysinternals Cool Tools: Updates and Sysinternals Live beta
Sysinternals Live: We’re excited to announce the beta of Sysinternals Live, a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them. Simply enter a tool’s Sysinternals Live path into Windows Explorer or a command prompt as \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\
or view the entire Sysinternals Live tools directory in a browser at http://live.sysinternals.com. Process Explorer v11.20: Process Explorer now shows thread permissions, adds process working set minimum and maximum columns, and fixes a bug that allows it to run from read-only locations on 64-bit Windows.
ZoomIt v2.0: This major ZoomIt update adds the drawing color pink, adds screen blanking to the undo history, extends the maximum pen size from 9 to 19 pixels, has an option to hide the tray icon and makes it easy to save zoomed and annotated screens as bitmap files.
Sigcheck v1.53: The CSV column headers have been fixed to correctly reflect the extended version and hash options.
Handle v3.4: This release fixes a bug that allows it to run from read-only locations on 64-bit Windows and adds an option to show the sizes of pagefile-backed sections.
Time To Run Windows Update
Updates available for 2k, XP, 2k3, Vista, Office 2007, Windows Mail…………
Sysinternals Updates: Autoruns v9.2, Process Monitor v1.33, AccessChk v4.1
Autoruns v9.2: In order to better support assisted troubleshooting, Autoruns – an autostart analyzer – now exports and imports scan results to enable viewing results on other systems, adds support for enabling and deleting Winsock notification DLLs, and fixes a number of 64-bit Windows issues.
Process Monitor v1.33: This update to Process Monitor, a real-time file, thread, DLL and performance monitoring utility, improves 32-bit stack walking on 64-bit Windows, fixes a driver bug that could cause crashes on 64-bit Windows, and preserves profiling information by default when saving log files.
AccessChk v4.1: AccessChk, a command-line utility for analyzing effective permissions on files, registry keys, process and more, now interprets Windows Vista process owner rights and can show permissions on active threads.
CCleaner v2.07.575
– Firefox 3.0 support added.
– Fixed bug where figures were missing for KB/MB sizes.
– Fixed bug where some IE cookies were being missed.
– Improved scan time accuracy.
– Internal memory management improvements.
– Registry settings moved to HKCU\Software\Piriform\CCleaner.
– Fixed bug where CC could get locked in System Tray.
– Renamed MSN Messenger to Windows Live Messenger.
– Added MS Office Picture Manager to applications.
– Fixed uninstaller tool bug on 64-bit OS.
– Minor GUI improvements.
– Minor bug fixes.
Download CCleaner v2.07.575 (slim).
AVG Free 8.0
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Press Release
PerfectDisk 2008 Service Pack 2 (Build 52)
# New Feature
* Improved boot time defragmentation performance — up to 5 times faster. Results will vary based on number of files, file sizes and drive size.
[Read more…] about PerfectDisk 2008 Service Pack 2 (Build 52)
Sysinternal Tools Updated
When will Windows 7 ship?
For those who care, Ed Bott discusses the issue.
I’m betting that Windows 7 will be ready in the second half of 2009.
All these guesses about Windows 7 and I can’t even get a straight answer on XP SP3…