The Truth Behind Craig Barth – Windows 7 RAM Claims Debunked
Well well well look at this, I and many other tech sites posted this article about a company “XPNet” which claimed that its software had provided them with information that lead them to believe that Windows 7 machines were constantly maxing out their Ram and 86% of systems were using 90-95% of their available memory.
Well [...]
Veracity, Open-mindedness and 3 billion people
Last week was a good week for news. We had the stunning revelation of the Windows Phone 7 operating system and the revelation of the ballot screens for both Windows (all current versions) and Office 2010. But there was also another story doing the rounds about memory usage in Windows 7.
I didn’t comment on this [...]
The Collapse of Microsoft’s Mobile Phone Market
Microsoft announced its plans for the Windows Mobile 7 phone market. It looks like Microsoft may have everything going for it on the technology front. The OS features look good, but, and here is the catch, its success will depend on a lot of unknowns. Some of these unknowns are under its own control like device selection and pricing to app availability and carrier distribution. But it will not ship until December, which in today’s mobile market might well mean that it will be out of touch for a while.
Microsoft and Yahoo! Reach Agreement on Search
The European Commission has given Microsoft and Yahoo! the go ahead to to implement the search partnership. Microsoft will work with Yahoo!; the same search result listings that are available through Bing, will be provided to Yahoo!. In the meantime Yahoo! will take those listings and will innovate around them by integrating their own content.
Remember Me? . . . I’m Europe and You Will Open your Windows Operating System to Other Browsers
Now coming in March, European Internet users will be able to vote and decide how to use the Internet at least when it comes to using a browser. Microsoft plans to update Windows 7, XP, and Vista systems with a ballot screen next month that lets users more easily select, if they choose, a browser other than Internet Explorer as the default on Windows-based systems.
Office 2010 Ballot screen, can you spot what’s missing?
The news about the Windows browser ballot screen yesterday wasn’t the only ballot news appearing from Redmond. Neowin have obtained an image of the forthcoming file-format ballot coming with Office 2010.
This screen will pop-up for the new versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint to give users a choice of whether they want to save files [...]
Searching in Different Locations
Windows Search provides you with several different ways to find files and folders. The method you can use varies according to the situation.
If you wish to perform a General Search a good place to start is using the Search box in the Start menu. Another place where you can search for more specific files, such [...]
Windows browser ballot – who are the winners?
The browser ballot screen debacle began as a complaint by the makers of the hugely unpopular Opera browser to the EU about the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows. This followed on from similar complaints about the bundling of Windows Media Player and it’s sure to rumble on in a variety of ways in the [...]
Microsoft Browser Ballot Screen Revealed – Coming Next Week
Microsoft has finally revealed the finished EU Browser Ballot Screen, and it’s set to begin rolling out next week. Microsoft came under fire last year from the EU about shipping Windows 7 with Internet Explorer pre installed. They had threatened to ship Windows 7 without a browser at all, but then came to their senses [...]
Windows 7, Where Do We Go From Here?
You know the old adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it?” Well, that’s kind of how I feel about Windows 7. Sure, there are things I want added and features that Microsoft could and should have added into Windows 7, but it seems like they finally got it right. The security is very good, [...]
Update for Windows7 Activation Technologies – Challenge to Software Piracy
One of Microsoft’s biggest security fears is that their products are copied, pirated, or reverse engineered. This is especially true as several foreign countries have been identified as the biggest software pirates. As reported here: The Biggest Windows 7 Pirate include several Asian countries where China, India, and Russia are among the biggest culprits.
Microsoft has [...]
A Few Different Uses for Windows Search
No doubt by now you know how useful Search is for finding files on your computer but did you know you can also use it for other tasks?
Besides searching for missing files, Search also provides you with the quickest way to:
Open an application
Find information
Access Windows 7’s Troubleshooters
Here are just a few additional uses of [...]
Shocker: Windows 7 is More Secure Than Snow Leopard
Remember those “I’m a Mac” ads that were floating around the web and on just about every commercial break, or so it seemed? Well, there is a reason you do not see those ads anymore…and it’s called Windows 7. Many are going to find out what most of us already know and that is that Windows [...]
86% Of Windows 7 PCs Maxing Out Memory?
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 [...]
DVD Burning Hotfix Released By Microsoft
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 [...]
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services for Windows7
By bringing the functionality of AD LDS to Windows7, Microsoft has improved the active directory operation by focusing the services to the applications that need it without the overhead of domain controller services.
