InControl - Make Windows only update security updates and not install new version updates [Windows]

InControl is a one-button utility which gives users control over all non-security updates to their Windows 10 and 11 systems.

There are two features of InControl. The first one is as the title says, just click the "Take Control" button on the main interface of InControl. When the red word in the main interface turns green, it is enabled, to disabled, click it again.

And when you need to update to a certain version, you can also use InControl for version control. You need to set it when InControl is not enabled, and the version setting in the lower left corner can be edited, and you can enter the new version number into it.

The following content is from the official website: 

InControl controls Windows automatic updating/upgrading system by targeting it to a specific major version and feature update release. By default, the current release will be used. So if you “Take Control” with the major version and feature release shown in the boxes in the lower left, Windows will remain right where it is – only installing monthly security updates – until you “Release control”.

If you wish to move to a future release, say from Windows 10 21H1 to Windows 10 21H2, you can first “Release Control” to allow those two fields to be edited. Then change the “21H1” to “21H2” and press “Take Control”. Windows Update will now be targeted at the 21H2 feature release and will offer it for installation once it's available. And if you do nothing else, your system will remain there until you again deliberately release control.

Note that InControl will hold your Windows right where it is, even after the current version and feature release has gone out of support. You will see a complaint about the current version of Windows requiring an update. But your system will not be updated while you are InControl.

If you have been playing with InControl and want to restore its Version and Release fields to their natural (current) default values, delete those fields' contents while the system is not under control, then click “Take Control” and they will be set to the system's current version and feature release.

That's pretty much it. Like all of GRC's ultra lightweight freeware utilities, no setup or installation is required. Just run the utility with administrative rights. InControl's operation can be scripted from the command line, and full technical details about the Registry keys it changes is provided.

 

A Review Blogger in China Who Called Honor Phone a Junk King Was Fined 80,000 CNY

The Guangzhou Internet Court heard a case of online tort liability dispute involving the boundary of speech of online review blogger.

Xiaojiang, a blogger with 100,000+ followers on Weibo, was sued by the Honor Company for infringement of the right of reputation, and was finally sentenced to apologize and compensate more than 86,000 CNY (about more than 13500 USD).

The court held that in this case, Xiao Jiang was a Weibo V user with more than 100,000 followers, and his posts on Weibo about digital products would attract the attention of his followers or other related categories of internet users.  Therefore, Xiao Jiang should assume a higher duty of care than ordinary Internet users when making statements on Weibo, and the quoted content or reproduced information should not only be from the source, but also from a more authoritative source. (Weibo V-user: Similar to users with blue verification badges on Twitter) 

The court also pointed out that Weibo posts are characterized by short content and changeable language styles, but when Weibo users post factual statements or opinions that involve the right of reputation of others, they should follow certain objective facts and moderate the published facts. Verification and reasonable evaluation shall not have malicious intentions of arbitrarily exaggerating, distorting, or taking the opportunity to degrade or insult the personality of others.

Source: Solidot 

Process Hacker - A free process viewer that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware [Windows]

Process Hacker is a free and open source process viewer that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. which is a very valuable tool for advanced users, It can help them to troubleshoot problems or learn more about specific processes that are running on a certain system. It can help identify malicious processes and tell us more about what they are trying to do.

System requirements: Windows 7 or higher, 32-bit or 64-bit.

Features
A detailed overview of system activity with highlighting.
Graphs and statistics allow you quickly to track down resource hogs and runaway processes.
Can't edit or delete a file? Discover which processes are using that file.
See what programs have active network connections, and close them if necessary.
Get real-time information on disk access.
View detailed stack traces with kernel-mode, WOW64 and .NET support.
Go beyond services.msc: create, edit and control services.
Small, portable and no installation required.
100% Free Software (GPL v3)

 

Official website

GitHub Releases

Hitomi-Downloader - A desktop utility to download images/videos/music/text from various websites [Windows]

Hitomi Downloader is a free yt-dlp based (based on youtube dl) online video downloader that also inherits parsing support for 1200 more online video sites with a simple GUI that is ready to use. It even supports M3U8, BT seeds and magnetic links.

Features

🍰 Simple and clear user interface
🚀 Download acceleration
💻 Supports 24 threads in a single task
🚥 Supports speed limit
📜 Supports user scripts
🧲 Supports BitTorrent & Magnet
🎞️ Supports M3U8 & MPD format videos
🌙 Dark mode
🧳 Portable
📋 Clipboard monitor
🗃️ Easy to organize tasks

Find out more at: GitHub 

AltBacktick - switch between windows of the same program using the keyboard shortcut [Windows]

 AltBacktick is a small Windows program that runs in background and allows to switch between windows of the same program using the keyboard shortcut ALT+`.

The key ` (backtick) is above the TAB key on QWERTY keyboard but even if your keyboard is not QWERTY, the shortcut will be mapped to the key above the TAB key.

Compatible Windows 10+ only!

AltBacktick GitHub

GitHub Download 

DevToys - A Swiss Army knife for developers [Windows]

DevToys is a collection of developer tools, which can be called the Swiss Army Knife of developers, which integrates many features that developers will use in their daily work. It also organizes these features into categories so you can quickly find and use them to improve your productivity.

Prerequisite: 
You need Windows 10 build 1903+ or later.

The following details are from Github: 

Introduction

DevToys helps in daily tasks like formatting JSON, comparing text, testing RegExp. No need to use many untruthful websites to do simple tasks with your data. With Smart Detection, DevToys is able to detect the best tool that can treat the data you copied in the clipboard of your Windows. Compact overlay lets you keep the app in small and on top of other windows. Multiple instances of the app can be used at once.

Many tools are available.

• Converters
  • JSON <> YAML
  • Number Base
• Encoders / Decoders
  • HTML
  • URL
  • Base64
  • GZip
  • JWT Decoder
• Formatters
  • JSON
  • SQL
  • XML
• Generators
  • Hash (MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512)
  • UUID 1 and 4
  • Lorem Ipsum
  • Checksum
• Text
  • Inspector & Case Converter
  • Regex Tester
  • Text Comparer
  • Markdown Preview
• Graphic
  • Color Blindness Simulator
  • PNG / JPEG Compressor
  • Image Converter

... and more are coming!

For more information, please refer to the official website or Github.

Download here: 

Official Website 

GitHub 

Microsoft store 

Return YouTube Dislike - Restores the ability to see dislikes on YouTube. [Extensions]

Currently supports Chrome, Firefox, Edge and some other browsers.

Starting December 13th 2021, YouTube removed the ability to see dislikes from their API.
This extension aims to restore power to users by using a combination of archived like and dislike data, as well as the likes and dislikes made by extension users to show the most accurate ratings.

Currently has 200+ million videos likes/dislikes data stored before December 13th, 2021

Actively growing and keeping up to date with uploads after December 13th, 2021

The more users that use the extension, the more accurate it will be

Unpopular videos uploaded after December 13th, 2021 may have less accurate data shown than more popular videos.

This extension is currently in an active development phase, so if you experience any issues, don’t hesitate to report them on our GitHub page or in our Discord server.

You can choose the version you want to install on the official website: 

Return YouTube Dislike Homepage 

Github 

 

 

Smartsystemmenu – add 17 new features to the window title bar menu [windows]

The following detailed introduction is released by the developer: 

SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:

• Information. Shows a dialog with information of the current window and process: the window handle, the window caption, the window style, the window class, the process name, the process id, the path to the process.
• Roll Up. Allows to roll up and down the current window.
• Aero Glass. Allows to add the "Aero Glass" blur to the current window. (Windows Vista and higher. Mostly for console windows.)
• Always On Top. Allows the current window to stay on top of all other windows.
• Send To Bottom. Allows to send to bottom the current window.
• Save Screenshot. Allows to save the current window screenshot in a file.
• Open File In Explorer. Allows to open a process file in a File Explorer.
• Drag By Mouse. Allows to drag by mouse the current window.
• Resize. Allows to change the size of the current window.
• Move To. Allows to move the current window to another monitor.
• Alignment. Allows the current window to be aligned with any of the 9 positions on the desktop.
• Transparency. Allows to change the transparency of the current window.
• Priority. Allows to change the current window's program priority.
• Clipboard. Allows to copy all window texts (including console, ms office products, etc.) to clipboard and clear clipboard.
• System Tray. Allows to minimize or suspend the current window to the system tray.
• Other Windows. Allows to close and minimize all windows in the system except the current.
• Start Program. Allows to start programs which is in the settings.

Developer's GitHub: https://github.com/AlexanderPro 

Download: https://github.com/AlexanderPro/SmartSystemMenu/releases