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When you copy files from one location to another in Windows, an estimation of the remaining time is displayed. This estimation may fluctuate widely and it has been at the center of many jokes. Microsoft has added a similar estimation to Windows updates in the latest Insider builds. Some Insiders in the Canary Channel will…
The developers of the open source encryption software VeraCrypt have released VeraCrypt 1.26.14 for all supported platforms. The new version adds a notification if volumes are affected by the XTS master key vulnerability. The issue was fixed last year in VeraCrypt 1.26.7, but only for newly created volumes. While unlikely even then, the newly added…
So, Vivaldi has released a new stable version of its web browser, which is also called Vivaldi. Vivaldi 6.9 includes a number of new features that improve customization and options for its users, as usual. Among the batch of 6.9 features is tab renaming. To the best of my knowledge, it is a first in…
The unofficial successor of the classic XP-AntiSpy application for Windows, xd-antispy, has added support for plugins in an update. I reviewed the initial version on Ghacks last month, and liked it. Plugin support heaves the app to new levels and that is reason enough to check it out again. Plugins, as the name suggest, expand…
This year’s feature update for Windows 11 includes a performance patch for AMD processors. AMD says that this should improve the performance on systems with Ryzen 9000 processors by up to 13% when gaming. A 13% increase would be a massive achievement. Independent tests show now that there is not only light but also shadow….
If you use Windows 11, you may have noticed that you cannot open HEIC or HEVC media files by default. Windows does not ship with an app that supports the file types by default. While it is possible that the manufacturer of a PC adds support for these file types, there is a good chance…
When it comes to managing a single Windows device, you often have to juggle between various administrative tools. Two of the most-used ones are the Control Panel and the Settings app. There are dozens more, however, from the Device Manager and Registry to the Task Manager and Group Policy Editor. Super God Mode is a…
An update for the open source cross-platform office suite LibreOffice is now available. LibreOffice 24.8 is available for all supported systems. The new version includes over a hundred improved or new features. Several are important from a security point of view. The details: Several of these options are interesting from an end-users point of view….
Almost a decade ago, Microsoft said that the Settings app of the then-new operating system Windows 10 would replace the classic Control Panel of the operating system. While Microsoft did move some options from the Control Panel to the Settings app over the years, it has, to this day, failed to migrate them all. On…
The next feature update for Windows 11 enables automatic device encryption for users of the operating system. This happens automatically in the background and for most users, but there are exceptions. What is Device Encryption and how does it differ from BitLocker Drive Encryption? Device Encryption is based on BitLocker, Microsoft’s encryption technology. It is…