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It’s hot!

Not much going on out there. Unless you are a tech reporter that thinks anyone else cares what the next major Windows 10 edition is called.

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4.3 Released.
Bunch of new tweaks. Click the [Read more…] link at the bottom of this post for full changelog.
Download

Other Updated Software
– Acronis Disk Director 12 build 3297. Release notes (log into account to download)
– paint.net 4.0.17

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Patch Tuesday, Part 2

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More updates coming out…

Windows XP Patched Again (Vista Too)
June 2017 security update release
“Microsoft releases additional updates for older platforms to protect against potential nation-state activity” (WannaCry/WannaCrypt)
Microsoft security advisory 4025685: Guidance for older platforms: June 13, 2017
“This section summarizes resources for customers running editions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 8, or Windows Server 2003.”
The above link has links to all the downloads/KB articles.

Firefox 54
“Version 54.0, first offered to Release channel users on June 13, 2017
Today’s release is the first to run Firefox using multiple operating system processes for web page content, making Firefox faster and more stable than ever. Learn more about how multiple processes strike a “just right” balance between performance and memory use on the Mozilla Blog. Dive into the details (including performance benchmarks) on Medium.”

Peek Squad
Ah, Geek Squad. Remember the good old days when they were just searching your electronics for nudes and posting them on the web? You would think an outfit with a 1.1 satisfactory rating would strive to do better, but alas…
EFF – Why We’re Suing the FBI for Records About Best Buy Geek Squad Informants
“Law Enforcement Should Not Be Able to Bypass the Fourth Amendment to Search Your Devices
Sending your computer to Best Buy for repairs shouldn’t require you to surrender your Fourth Amendment rights. But that’s apparently what’s been happening when customers send their computers to a Geek Squad repair facility in Kentucky.“

Google Chrome Updated

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Thanks to reader Dan for the heads up!
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 58 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 29 security fixes.”
Download: Google Chrome Web 32-bit    Google Chrome 64-bit
Download Offline Installer:  Google Chrome Offline Installer 32-bit     Google Chrome Offline Installer 64-bit

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Adobe Flash and Google Chrome Updated

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THE FLASH comic logoAPSB15-23 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Download:
Flash for IE
Flash for other browsers
Main download page
Windows 8/8.1/10 users check Windows Update. Microsoft will get around to updating it…eventually.
Google Chrome users, Flash was updated today with Chrome 45.0.2454.99.

Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 45.0.2454.99 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This release contains a critical update to Adobe Flash Player (19.0.0.185).”
Download or update from within the program.

Random Midweek Stuff…

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www_newsWindows Phone…blah…blah…blah…
Microsoft all but admits Windows Phone is a failure (like we didn’t know that already).
Can we PLEASE get back to Windows desktop/laptop? :banghead:
Oh, and all you sites that have been constantly chirping about the Windows phones, 😛 :mrgreen:

Adobe Flash Updated
Download Flash
Windows 8/8.1 users, I don’t see it in Windows Update yet.

Google Chrome Updated
Includes above flash update as well as other fixes.
Download or update from within the program.
Chrome 44 is due next week (14th).

Start8 1.5

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start8logoStart8 version 1.5 is out.
Download
Update from within program: Right-click Start icon > Configure > About > Check for updates.

This update includes:
Added support for sleep function on Surface 3 and similar devices.
Added option to access a list of modern UI applications from the Start8 Start menu.