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About Nick

Founder and Developer - After over a dozen years "in the trenches" as a computer repair technician specializing in malware removal, I came to focus on a software development hobby. Initially I created tools to assist technicians like myself with the inefficient, repetitive, and mundane tasks PC techs face daily, in order to provide a far more efficient means of getting the job done. Later came an interest in using my development skills and tech experience for prevention of malware...

KillEmAll and KillEmAll Mini updated to v20.12.31

Dec 31, 2020

KillEmAll Mini Release Notes: Improved KillEmAll usage/flow of execution/feature set. Added option to generate a log file. Added option to easily elevate to Administrator, and also TrustedInstaller. Added TrustedInstaller mode (hold SHIFT while starting as Administrator.) Added Debug mode, allowing you to terminate each process one at a time, optionally skipping termination of certain processes. (Hold CTRL while starting to enable.) Added command line arguments /? /auto /log[=file] and /debug KillEmAll Release Notes: Added...

d7x v20.12.31 Release Notes

Dec 31, 2020

Updated KillEmAll to fix issues with not recognizing when it actually terminated a process. KillEmAll no longer attempts (and fails) to terminate a few Windows Defender processes. Several other minor issues under the hood were addressed.

KillEmAll Mini v20.12.28

Dec 28, 2020

KillEmAll Mini is a no frills implementation of the fully featured KillEmAll which has no graphical user interface, no update capabilities, no definitions file capabilities, etc.. but is perfect for quick jobs and batch/scripting. What’s New: v20.12.28 – Now displays a console window showing each process terminated.

New App: RunX and RunXcmd

Dec 28, 2020

RunX is designed to easily launch any process with System account or TrustedInstaller account privileges, in order to bypass file system and registry permissions. It is also designed to optionally pass command line arguments to that app without having to open an administrative console window and navigate to the appropriate path first, and can capture/display the app’s exit code. Usage is simple, just drag and drop an executable onto RunX.exe, or launch it normally and browse/type in the path...

End of year SALE! Goodbye 2020!

Dec 25, 2020

This sale has now officially ended. Thanks you to everyone who participated in our Goodbye 2020 sale! Merry Christmas from us to you, and we wish you all a happy and prosperous new year!

d7x v20.12.20 Release Notes

Dec 20, 2020

More new tweaks, making over 40 tweaks added for Windows 10 in the December, 2020 updates. Most notable additions with this release involve the Taskbar icons for Cortana, Task View, and the Search Box/Icon. System Info tab (top-ish center, just below “Last d7x Run:”) now displays the last maintenance ran by dSupportSuite if it has ever been ran by an installed version of dSupportSuite; hovering your mouse over it will show you the installed version...

d7x v20.12.16 Release Notes

Dec 16, 2020

Added more cached wallpaper locations/files and the account pictures paths (both from AppData\Roaming) to DataGrab backup for each user account. Added start menu export to XML when DataGrab is backing up the currently running OS. Great for reference. Added the ability to force-update Malware Search Tool definitions even when d7x thinks there isn’t an update available. Also updated Malware Search Tool definitions with this release, so be sure to check for updates within the tool...

d7x v20.12.14 Release Notes

Dec 14, 2020

Fixed: When installing dSupportSuite included with d7x, the maintenance and other scheduled tasks weren’t being created properly unless you ran the “Set Client Details” prompt. This has been fixed. New: Various descriptions on the various new tweaks we’ve added (over 30 this month, most recently including the ability to set default or entirely blank the start menu and taskbar, removing all pinned items with optional exceptions.) Also dSupportSuite has been updated to v20.12.14 as well,...

d7x v20.12.5 Release Notes

Dec 5, 2020

Over 30 new tweaks! 26 new tweaks are for Performance, found on the new Tweaks > Performance tab of course! More tweaks added in v20.12.8.x through v20.12.12.x, including setting light/dark mode for Windows system and apps, setting the desktop wallpaper, and more! v20.12.9.x also brings more hover descriptions for the various tweaks, and the ability to set Windows default values for all tweak settings (click the Start Auto Mode button on the tweaks tab for...

Tweaky v1.4 Released, 29 new tweaks!

Dec 5, 2020

Tweaky v1.4 was just released with 29 new tweaks since v1.3.8, and 26 of the new tweaks are performance related, which you’ll find on the new Performance tab of course! You can update from within the app, or download the latest from the Tweaky webpage today!

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