what is runtime broker, and why does it use so much memory?

Anonymous
2012-10-28T14:43:19+00:00

in task manager there is process called Runtime Broker. and it uses over 600 MB of my ram. putting my average usage at 60% on my 4 gig laptop. not noticed any performance issues yet. just a lot memory being used. makes me think of windows vista almost bc it had same issue in past. it would use all system resources.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T14:37:42+00:00

    It's a kind of social app. RenRen in China is just like Facebook in everywhere else, and this RenRen app is just a client of it. One of the feature of this app is that, it will communicate through internet to its server all the time when it's running.  I'm wondering if it's the issue and if Windows can handle it better.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T14:14:50+00:00

    Cool - glad your problem is sorted - it had me running round in circles for a few days.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T14:13:34+00:00

    Hi Sunny, I'm no expert either but if you have found another rogue app then maybe Microsoft need to take a look at why this is happening. What does the app RenRen do?

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T14:00:31+00:00

    See later posts - Do you have "The Time" app installed? If so, get rid of it and your problems will be over!

    Yep! My bad--- I missed the replies. I did have that time app installed. Uninstalled, rebooted, and now life is good again. You guys are my heroes.

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-11-05T13:15:36+00:00

    Hi Mark, I guess maybe there're several apps which have the same kind of problem here. I don't have "The Time" app, however, one of my apps called "RenRen", which is often used by Chinese users, makes the runtime broker in my Windows 8 increase from 1M to 1G within half a day.

    I'm not an expert, so I just make such guess that there may be some kind of issue when Windows 8 manages some apps in a certain way, and it may cause RAM to increase significantly.

    Hopefully, seems that most apps are all-right. XD

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