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2 – I increased this sites page width from 1200px to 1300px.
I also moved the search box to the header.
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3 – I’m considering not publishing the Win10 tweak guide until Threshold 2 is released (ETA October). The reason for this is so I don’t have to rewrite the guide so soon. Previous versions of the guide had a lifetime of the OS free upgrades. Since Win10 is “the last version of Windows” this obviously will not be the case. I haven’t worked out if free upgrades will be by the year or maybe by versions. Please don’t be too hard on me. Writing the guides has always been a labor of love. ROI has been pennies per hour.
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My Windows 10 Tweaks
These are my Windows 10 tweaks so far. I actually use these on my own machines. Check back often for changes.
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Windows 10 Backup Options
Windows 10 Privacy Issues
Every sane person worries about privacy issues online. IMHO, Win10 causes legitimate privacy concerns. However, there is the “tinfoil hat brigade” that IMHO takes things way too far. I haven’t wanted to jump the gun on addressing these issues. This sites first rule of tweaking has always been “Primum non nocere” (first, do no harm).
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Reader Emails
I got a lot of questions this week about installing Win10 so I’m gonna lump a few of the answers into one section: [Read more…] about Reader Emails
Windows 10 Dark Theme
This info isn’t new, I didn’t discover it, and it’s all over the web.
It’s been out for months, I don’t know who found it first or I would give them credit.
I’m using it, but it isn’t for everyone. I’ve posted pics below. Notice the title bar is hard to read.
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Random Wednesday Stuff…
Skylake, Meh?
The NDA on Intel’s new Skylake processors has been lifted and the reviews are pouring out.
The gist I’m getting:
– If you are on Sandy Bridge then upgrade.
– If you are on Ivy Bridge, Haswell, or Broadwell then it probably isn’t worth it.
Anandtech – The Intel 6th Gen Skylake Review: Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K Tested
[H]ardOCP – Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K IPC & Overclocking Review
Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 44.0.2403.130 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.”
Download or update from within the program.
More Win10 Wallpapers I Made
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Fix Windows 10 0x80300024 Error
On attempting to clean install Win10 on a laptop I got lazy and I failed to follow my own advice.
I usually disconnect all drives except the one I’m going to install the OS on and run diskpart to wipe. I didn’t this time because I was too lazy and didn’t feel like spending the time to disconnect my second SSD. I got the error 0x80300024 during install. I Googled it and apparently this error has been happening for years. The fix?
Disconnect all other drives and attempt the install again. That’s it!