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February 2017
Nvidia GeForce 378.77 Hotfix
25 February 2017
Nvidia has released the 378.77 Hotfix graphics driver. This driver is for the GeForce 400 series and above under Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. It fixes driver installation errors for laptops with GeForce GTX 1050 and 1050 ti GPUs, fixes crashes in Minecraft and some other Java-based titles, and resolves Debug Mode as the default option on Pascal based GPUs.
Acrobat Reader DC
21 February 2017
Adobe has released a new Version 2015.023.20070 of its free software for viewing PDF documents, now known as Acrobat Reader DC. This update contains security and bug fixes.
Opera 43.0
21 February 2017
The Opera browser has been updated to Version 43.0.2442.991. This version updates Chromium and provides bug fixes.
Nvidia GeForce 378.72 Hotfix
18 February 2017
Nvidia has released the 378.72 Hotfix graphics driver. This driver is for the GeForce 400 series and above under Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. It fixes hardware encoding in Steam and resolves PhysX being forced to CPU when the Optimize for Compute Performance setting is off.
Autoruns 13.7
18 February 2017
Microsoft has released Autoruns 13.7, updating this free startup software identification utility. This version now reports print providers, registrations in the WMI\Default namespace, improves toolbar usability on high-DPI displays, and fixes a KnownDLLs enumeration bug.
Process Explorer 16.2
18 February 2017
Microsoft has released Version 16.2 of the free Process Explorer utility, which is a more detailed version of Task Manager. This version fixes a bug listing Wow64 thread stacks, improves toolbar usability on high-DPI displays, and includes drivers signed to be compatible with recent Windows 10 driver signing policy changes.
Nvidia GeForce 378.66 WHQL
15 February 2017
Nvidia has released the 378.66 WHQL certified graphics driver. This driver is for GeForce 400 and higher graphics cards under Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10. It is the recommended driver for Sniper Elite 4, For Honor, and Halo Wars 2. The driver package contains PhysX version 9.16.0318 and GeForce Experience version 3.1.2.
CCleaner 5.27
15 February 2017
A new Version 5.27.5976 of the free CCleaner system cleaning utility has been released. Changes include improved Firefox, Chrome and Opera Beta cleaning, improved Windows 10 support, improved Uninstall tool, support for Foxit Reader 8 cleaning, as well as minor improvements and bug fixes.
Flash Player 24.0
15 February 2017
Adobe has released Version 24.0.0.221 of the Flash Player plugin for browsers. To download the full offline installer, use these links depending upon your browser: Internet Explorer or Firefox or Opera. Use Windows Update to update the built-in Flash Player in IE11 under Windows 8 and 10, and Edge under Windows 10. Update to the latest version of Chrome to update its built-in Flash Player.
AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.2.1
14 February 2017
AMD has released the Crimson ReLive Edition 17.2.1 driver for the HD 7700, HD 8500 series and above on Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. This driver improves performance in For Honor and Sniper Elite 4, and adds DX11 multi-GPU profiles for these games, as well as providing a range of bug fixes.
Windows Updates
10 February 2017
Microsoft has released non-critical updates for Windows 7 and 8.1. They are listed in more detail here. Note: both of these are telemetry-related updates.
Opera 43.0
8 February 2017
The Opera browser has been updated to Version 43.0.2442.806. This version adds new features including instant page loading, performance guided optimization and classic link selection, as well as bug fixes.
Chrome 56.0
3 February 2017
Google has released Version 56.0.2924.87 of the Chrome browser. This version provides improvements, as well as security and bug fixes.
Nvidia GeForce 378.57 Hotfix
2 February 2017
Nvidia has released the 378.57 Hotfix graphics driver. This driver is for the GeForce 400 series and above under Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. It fixes crashes in Minecraft and some other Java-based titles, as well as resolving 'Debug Mode' as the default option on Pascal based GPUs.
GPU-Z 1.17.0
1 February 2017
GPU-Z, a free graphics card information utility, has reached Version 1.17.0. This version provides support for new chipsets, has minor improvements and fixes bugs.
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