v25.12.18.0 Release Notes Additions: Bitlocker (Windows 11 Pro) and Drive Encryption (Windows 11 Home) detection System Restore status detection (click on status to open System Restore) Status dialog during Driver Backup indicating it is doing something If you experience any issues, please let us know! Be sure to check out the Optimizer’s Documentation page for more information on program usage. If you don’t have it already, what are you waiting for? Get it now!
v25.12.9.0 Release Notes Fixes: TPM not properly detected on some systems. Fixed some big issues when running from a Standard User Account: Username and Account type was not detected properly. Some features would not working properly under a standard user including Disable Startup App Delay, Disable Notifications, Disable Search Highlights, Disable Web Search Permissions, Disable Task View Icon, and Best Visual Performance. Some affected features may appear as not optimized when running the Optimizer after...
v25.11.19.0 Release Notes General Additions and Fixes: Added Info drop down menu next to options, containing links to the Release Notes as well as the new Documentation page on the website. Release Notes links currently resolve to a blog category for all Uncle Carey’s software news, so they may contain occasional posts for other Uncle Carey’s software. Added post-update prompt to open the Release Notes on the website. Added a total disk space freed message...
My apologies for the long post, but it’s all directly related to the live stream and (in the interest of full transparency) I’m combining multiple releases with a good story time on why those releases were necessary and lessons learned. I also tend to be detail oriented and long-winded about it, so please feel free to skim. A quick note on version numbers and release dates, to give you a better timeline of events. The...
Uncle Carey’s Windows 11 Optimizer was conceived by Carey Holzman and developed by d7xTech.com to make life easier when optimizing Windows 10. Carey originally contacted us to create a tool for Windows 10, customized to his own specifications for his use in PC builds and repair work, and we learned from his subscribers who expressed an interest it was a great tool for them as well. With Microsoft’s support for Windows 10 ending on October 14th, we knew...
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v23.5.3.0 Fixed an issue sending email with Office 365 SMTP authentication failing, which can be due to an external firewall. Added support for incorrect configurations with Office 365 in particular, as well as any email provider, where CryptoPrevent will auto-correct settings on failure and retry sending email several times with different or suggested settings depending on the specific failure. Removed “Test Protection” button on Windows 11 22H2 (and future versions) as it is no longer...
Resolved an issue where DataGrab would backup everything except your selected user accounts under certain circumstances. Fixed a double “Backup Complete” prompt when DataGrab completes.
Resolved an issue with the “Reset Networking” and “Repair Winsock” (Proceed with Defaults option) on Windows 10 and 11 that caused several issues with the OS after reboot when running the repair from Windows Safe Mode.
Resolved an issue with the “Set Time Zone” feature on Windows 11 that was causing Explorer.exe to crash constantly after time zone was changed. Note this same issue appeared in our Tweaky app, and was also resolved in Tweaky v22.8.5.2. Updated Windows service repairs for recent updates to Windows (up to Windows 11 version 22H2.)
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