General software updates

[Gary]

Oh good, I've still got time to hide.

Its actually a good update, hardware acceleration so depending on what card you have, the GPU does more work than the CPU with Flash Player.

[Rik]

Ah, wait for the driver issues to surface.

[Gary]

Ah, wait for the driver issues to surface.

Wait? They have, oops that should be in the 2010 election bit 

[Rik]

 

[DorsetBoy]

Windows update KB978542 security update for Win7 64 bit out today.

For anyone running Windows Mail this update broke the application.To repair you need to replace the file MSOE.DLL residing in Programs files(X86) Windows Mail for 32bit & Programs (X64) Windows Mail for 64 bit.

[Ray]

It also broke the Security Centre on my Win 7, it was insisting my Firewall/AV weren't running when they were.  cured by a second reboot though.

[wecpcs]

For anyone with a DGND3300 dual band router new firmware is available DGND3300v2 Firmware Version 2.1.00.41NA & WW it adds a few features see list below. Oddly my throughput has gone up since the update even though no mention of adsl driver tweaks were mentioned.

   * Added a Traffic Meter which allows Internet traffic volume to be tracked and Monthly Limits set. See the Traffic Meter page under the Advanced menu to configure this feature.
   * Added support for NETGEAR Live Parental Controls, powered by OpenDNS, a router-based Web filtering solution which blocks up to 50 categories of Internet content, free of charge to NETGEAR customers. More details including setup information can be found at: http://www.netgear.com/lpc
   * The Reference Manual has been updated and can be accessed by clicking on the Documentation link in the router management interface.
   * The Samba-based USB driver was updated to improve performance.
   * Fixed an issue where login credentials were required for FTP access to the USB storage device from the Internet even when read access was set to "All-no password".
   * USB events now show up in the logs.

I have just updated mine and now my upload speed has dropped from 0.36 a few minutes ago to 0.24. I am now going to try a shutdown and restart to see if that corrects it, otherwise I will flash back to the original version.

Colin

UPDATE
After a router shutdown and reboot my upload speed dropped even further to 0.22. So I reset my MTU to 1500, that I always used for several years and my speeds are now back to normal. I only changed to a MTU setting of 1458 a few months ago (probably when I changed to this router from a D834Gv4, when I had a similar problem and now the reverse works, very strange.

Colin

[Gary]

I have just updated mine and now my upload speed has dropped from 0.36 a few minutes ago to 0.24. I am now going to try a shutdown and restart to see if that corrects it, otherwise I will flash back to the original version.

UPDATE
After a router shutdown and reboot my upload speed dropped even further to 0.22. So I reset my MTU to 1500, that I always used for several years and my speeds are now back to normal. I only changed to a MTU setting of 1458 a few months ago (probably when I changed to this router from a D834Gv4, when I had a similar problem and now the reverse works, very strange.

Colin

Hi Colin, always had my MTU at 1500, at 1458 my line was all over the place, 1500 is what works best for me and has since I have been with Idnet, with zero packet loss.rebooted my router straight after and my throughput is 6638 over wifi using 5ghz, it had been around 6200.


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[DorsetBoy]

Eight (8) !! updates for Win7 64bit just popped up.....

[Rik]

You're missing two then, Dorset.

[DorsetBoy]

You're missing two then, Dorset.

I'll look while the system restarts then 

[Rik]

 

[Baz]

forgot to post this last week sorry if its already been done.

got update for PDF Xchange i'm up to V2 build 51 I know some here use it

[Rik]

We do, Baz, thanks.

[Baz]

its not something I use a lot so dont know how I got the update, must have struck lucky and just checked on the off chance 

[Rik]

I've not seen an update advice, so I think you are right.

[Glenn]

I just updated the 'live update' then the main program to 2.0.52

[Ray]

forgot to post this last week sorry if its already been done.

got update for PDF Xchange i'm up to V2 build 51 I know some here use it

It's up to version 2.0.52 now, Baz.

[Baz]

so it is Ray   

that was quick

[Gary]

Adobe Flash Player 10.1. has been released for most platforms, critical security update.

[Steve]

Thanks Gary

[Rik]

At last!

[Gary]

At last!

Hardware acceleration now on Windows Rik with certain Nvidia and ATI cards, that comes to Macs in the next update but only on Nvidia cards not he latest ATi 

[rgt247]

Download SuperAntiSpyware 4.39.1002    
SuperAntiSpyware 4.39.1002
SUPERAntiSpyware - 8.37MB (Freeware)


* Faster Quick Scan
* Detects and removes Firefox and Chrome cookies (must have browser closed while scanning to remove cookies)
* Improved TDSS Detection/Removal of Cloaked Keys/Files
* 64-bit Users: Autoupdate will be active after 6/15/2010

I have just scanned my system and deleted 119 tracking cookies from firefox. Just paid $9.99 for the paid version.

Available from Here

[Rik]

Thanks, Rich.