Since I had to reinstall XP this weekend, I decided it was time to upgrade some of my favorite software, too. Outertech just released a new version of their uber-tweaker; CachemanXP is now running happily in my System Tray with auto-optimizations applied. I also nabbed the latest version of VMware Workstation, although all attempts at getting Mandrake 9.2 up and running have failed. DVD X Copy Platinum is on its way, so I'll be making video backups in no time. The entire NirSoft library is also mine. Powerbullet and Wink have proven themselves to be just as vital. Plus, I finally dumped NVIDIA for ATI – and the latest Catalysts seem to be treating me well. More info on what else happened in upcoming Windows Fanatics missives.