Citing data from Devil Mountain Software’s community-based XPnet, Craig Barth, the company’s chief technology officer, said that new metrics reveal an unsettling trend. On average, 86% of PC’s running Windows 7 are using 90-95% of their ram, as a  result there is bottlenecks and decreased performance as systems are forced to turn to disk-based virtual memory to handle tasks. While Vista was known for using a lot of RAM while it was idle, Windows 7 hasn’t been plagued with the same issues

Maxifier is a freeware app for Windows 7 & Vista Media Center, which allows you to tweak its settings and lets you access its features easily from the notification area, in a multi-monitor… For more visit The Windows Club.

Auto complete is a semi-automated typing aid that usually is added by software developer’s to their programs. They usually match words in a dictionary against the first few chars that are typed by the user

As expected, the EU has signed off on the Microsoft-Yahoo search deal. Read More: Reuters

SnapIt utility is a screenshot taking utility which operates with just 2 keys viz SHIFT and TILDA. It also gives you the option to specify your own file names and also to edit the image using…

Microsoft has released a hotfix for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users who are experiencing issues when burning dual layer DVDs in the operating system. Some Windows users experience a time-out when they try to burn DVD-R Dual Layer discs in Windows Explorer and in applications that use IMAPI v2 (Image Mastering API version 2.0). The hotfix is only intended for Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 users who experience the time-outs.

Microsoft has announced that a version of Active Directory lightweight version (AD LDS) of Active Directory for Windows7 is available for download. AD LDS provides directory services for directory-enabled application. Administrators will be able to use this version without the domain control oversight that is normally needed for Active Directory

Earlier in the week, Microsoft showed off its attractive new mobile platform. The new operating system, Windows Phone 7 Series, promises a radical change in the world of Microsoft-powered phones, but one thing that remains the same, the company confirmed, is that phone manufacturers will still have to pay to license the software

Microsoft has released a hotfix to to fix an issue, where a burning operation fails with a time-out error, when you try to burn files to a DVD-R Dual Layer (DL) disc in Windows 7 or in Windows Server… For more visit The Windows Club.

We had reported earlier that Microsoft would deploy a new update for Windows Activation Technologies. This update   to the activation and validation components in Windows Activation Technologies for… For more visit The Windows Club