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Windows Updates
Win10 – February 8, 2022—KB5010342 (OS Builds 19042.1526, 19043.1526, and 19044.1526)
Addresses over 20 security issues.
Win11 – February 8, 2022—KB5010386 (OS Build 22000.493)
Addresses over 20 security issues.

Firefox 97
A dozen security fixes, 11 bugfixes
Download | Release Notes
To update, go to Settings > Help > About.

Intel Graphics Driver 30.0.101.1340
Several game related fixes.
Download & Info

Tuesday News

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Drivers
Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 511.65 WHQL
Intel Iris Xe Graphics and Intel UHD Driver for 12th Gen Intel Core Processors
Intel Killer Performance Suite (Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Software)
Intel Wireless Bluetooth for Windows 10 and Windows 11

PowerToys 0.55.0
“The v0.55 release cycle continued our progress toward getting PowerToys ARM64 ready, fix some top issues and new utilities. Work from last month helped us enable us to upgrade the code base to .NET 5 and next month onward to .NET 6. This will provide stability and speed improvements.
We’re also extremely excited to bring on 3 new PowerToy utilities.”
Download & Info

Saturday News

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Drivers
AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.1.12 Optional Drivers
Realtek Ethernet drivers – Win10 or Win11

Software
Microsoft Office Version 2201 (How to Install Office Updates.)
Autoruns 14.08
Cleanmgr+ 1.50.1300
EMDB 5.02
Firefox 96.0.3
Mp3tag 3.12
Notepad++ 8.2.1

Google Just Gave You the Best Reason Yet to Finally Quit Using Chrome
“Ultimately, that change in the way Google is looking at Chrome–that it isn’t a tool that serves its users, but is a tool that serves up users to advertisers, albeit in a slightly more privacy protective way–is a bad sign.”

Smith & Wesson Border Guard 10in High Carbon S.S. Folding Knife
List Price: $41.99 Details
With Deal: $15.64
You Save: $26.35 (63%)

Friday Morning News

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It took Friday long enough to get here…

Software Updates
Chrome 97.0.4692.99
Firefox 96.0.2
GPU-Z 2.44.0

Understanding MBR/BIOS and GPT/UEFI
“Master Boot Record (MBR) and GUID Partition Table (GPT), are two different ways of storing partition and boot information on a disk. Understanding these partitioning schemes is essential to understanding how information is stored on your storage devices and choosing the correct partitioning scheme for your scenario.”
Short, informative article from the makers of Macrium Reflect.

RIP Meat Loaf

Weekend Random Stuff…

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Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 511.13 WHQL
“provides the best day-0 gaming experience for God of War…support for… Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Hitman III, The Anacrusis, GRIT, and Monster Hunter Rise.” plus 5 fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Google Pixel 6 Finally Updated
Too late for me as I’ve moved on. No mention if this update fixes the Bluetooth issues, the December update did not.
Google Pixel Update – January 2022

RIP Ronnie Spector
Another Rock legend has passed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Spector

My first memory of her was as a mysterious yet sexy shadow with a beautiful voice:

Mid-Week News

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Patch Tuesday
Win10 – January 11, 2022—KB5009543 (OS Builds 19042.1466, 19043.1466, and 19044.1466)
Fixes over 70 vulnerabilities.
Win11 – January 11, 2022—KB5009566 (OS Build 22000.434)
Fixes over 60 vulnerabilities.
See also: ‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads January 2022 Patch Tuesday
“Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 120 security holes in Windows and supported software. Six of the vulnerabilities were publicly detailed already, potentially giving attackers a head start in figuring out how to exploit them in unpatched systems. More concerning, Microsoft warns that one of the flaws fixed this month is “wormable,” meaning no human interaction would be required for an attack to spread from one vulnerable Windows box to another.”

Firefox 96
18 security fixes.
Download | Release Notes
To update, go to Settings > Help > About.

AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 22.1.1 Optional Drivers
Support for Monster Hunter Rise, God of War, and 4 fixes.
Download | Release Notes

Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 511.17 WHQL
“Includes support for the 12GB GeForce RTX 3080”
Download | Release Notes

PowerToys 0.53.3
Bugfix release.
Download & Info

HandBrake 1.5.1
“This is a minor refinement and bug fix release.”
Download & Info

EMDB 5.01
16 fixes.
Download | What’s New

It’s not about the green bubbles, Apple
“Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal published a story detailing how this distinction between green and blue chat bubbles has caused social pressure among teens and young people.”
WSJ – “Apple’s iMessage plays a significant role in the lives of young smartphone users and their parents, according to data and interviews with a dozen of these people. Teens and college students said they dread the ostracism that comes with a green text. The social pressure is palpable, with some reporting being ostracized or singled out after switching away from iPhones.”
As I’ve said before, my young niece was bullied on her school bus for having an Android phone.

Saturday News

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Latest Downloads
Clonezilla live 2.8.1-12
EMDB 5
PowerToys 0.53.1
VeraCrypt 1.25.7

Leo, Mary Jo, and Paul discuss some phones:
https://youtu.be/CBg1OczFer0?t=2888
• Samsung Launches the Galaxy S21 FE at $699
• OnePlus Previews the OnePlus 10 Pro
• Where is the December Update for the Pixel 6 Series?
• Google Finally Addresses the December 2021 Update for Pixel 6/6 Pro
• Google Delivers January Update for Pixel, But Not for Pixel 6 Series
• I’m Switching to the iPhone <<<--- That's not me.

Linux Mint 20.3 Is Out
I upgraded this morning.
Download & Info
How to upgrade to Linux Mint 20.3
I’ve upgraded my Linux Mint VM from > 20.1 to 20.2 to 20.3. During this time there were many kernel updates. All of the old kernels are saved by default. To save space I’ve deleted all but the last 2 kernels: How to Remove Old Kernels in Ubuntu / Linux Mint [5 Ways]
I just did: sudo apt remove –auto-remove
TweakHound Linux Mint Articles