Windows 7 will drive the average PC RAM capacity to 4GB in the next 18 months. That's the conclusion of researchers at the exo.performance.network who are monitoring the ramp-up to Windows 7's launch ...

If the processes on your computer are using most of your installed RAM, or memory, then your Windows 7 computer may lag. Although the operating system does a better job at handling memory than ...

The Florida firm that on Wednesday said most Windows 7 machines exhaust their physical memory, and as a result take a performance hit, defended its data and conclusions after naysayers dismissed its ...

Editor’s note: The person quoted in this story as “Craig Barth” is actually Randall C. Kennedy, an InfoWorld contributor. Kennedy, who presented himself as the CTO of Devil Mountain Software, no ...

Editor’s note: The person quoted in this story as “Craig Barth” is actually Randall C. Kennedy, an InfoWorld contributor. Kennedy, who presented himself as the CTO of Devil Mountain Software, no ...

Microsoft has been tracking some odd issues that occur on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. These bugs are not typically fixed via Windows Update, because these hotfixes should only be applied to ...

Problems with your computer's random access memory can result in severe errors such as the infamous "Blue Screen of Death." If you suspect a RAM failure, test your memory for any underlying issues via ...

We never ran into this obscure Windows 7 memory leak bug on our final RTM build: If you run CHKDSK using the “/r” parameter on a secondary drive—not your actual ...

Bad RAM can cause unpredictable behavior in Windows. If you suspect that your RAM is the culprit of your woes, we'll show you how to test it. Ed Rhee Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San ...