Driver updating software is a bit of a hit and miss. Most times they find the latest drivers and everything works as it should. Rarely though, they can mess up.
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Driver updating software is a bit of a hit and miss. Most times they find the latest drivers and everything works as it should. Rarely though, they can mess up.
Man of Honour
Prepare to be amazed.
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Associate
one useful freeware that I use is;
BELARC advisor
you can get all your software licences and I use it to get the windows key.
BELARC advisor
you can get all your software licences and I use it to get the windows key.
Associate
another freeware utility that I use is GLARYSOFT utilities to clean my PC periodically from glarysoft.com
Man of Honour
Been playing with it on my home and work computers and it does quite a lot. Various tweaks done and now I can do Windows Update manually like in 7. Cool beans
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Huh?
Over 1,000 posts?
Any chance of a current summary?
Over 1,000 posts?
Any chance of a current summary?
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Has ShareX been suggested yet, handy tool to have https://getsharex.com/
Soldato
new windows 10 privacy tool
and does other tweaks too
called debotnet
and does other tweaks too
called debotnet
Associate
Used, Lazesoft Data Recovery Home Edition to recover a deleted partition and was a complete success, had tried MiniTool, TestDisk, QPhotoRec and all couldnt retrieve the infomation, so big recommendation for Lazesoft
Added to list...
Man of Honour
Windows Powertoys have been updated!
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ates-windows-10-powertoys-with-new-utilities/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...ates-windows-10-powertoys-with-new-utilities/
Associate
I needed to do hour and minute calculations today, and Time Calculator from http://www.infintuary.org/stcalc.php made it easy.
Only thing it doesn't do is work with the "2h 34m" syntax, so using a numpad is faster entry than on a keyboard.
Only thing it doesn't do is work with the "2h 34m" syntax, so using a numpad is faster entry than on a keyboard.
Soldato
Thanks, just what I needed.
Anyone vouch for it?
Edit:
Nevermind, does not scan network drives which is what I need.
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Soldato
Seen some in cooling section ask about controlling fans and since SpeedFan is basically abandonware and I moved over to Argus Monitor (paid version).
GitHub - lich426/FanCtrl: FanCtrl is a software that allows you to automatically control the fan speed on your PC.
GitHub - lich426/FanCtrl: FanCtrl is a software that allows you to automatically control the fan speed on your PC.
I would advise removing Avira from the recommended links.
After the company was bought by another, the app (which i have been using since the days of AntiVirXP) received an update that shoved bloatware down user's throats. We are talking about programs that run at random without permission and with no way to disable them, that has been proven by some long-time users to cause some issues in terms of registry keys going missing, VPN activating while a active connection exists, scans that slow down systems (yes... in 2020), etc.
More details here:
https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/...e-a-way-to-disable-Avira-s-smart-scan-?page=1
After the company was bought by another, the app (which i have been using since the days of AntiVirXP) received an update that shoved bloatware down user's throats. We are talking about programs that run at random without permission and with no way to disable them, that has been proven by some long-time users to cause some issues in terms of registry keys going missing, VPN activating while a active connection exists, scans that slow down systems (yes... in 2020), etc.
More details here:
https://support.avira.com/hc/en-us/...e-a-way-to-disable-Avira-s-smart-scan-?page=1