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
    2013-12-13T07:02:56+00:00

    Same issues ,apps not properly closing and running high memory after they have been shut down. Just keep windows Task Manager Pinned to desktop taskbar and close all unnecessary apps manually, until someone finds an update to solve this issue ??? :} :{* It's not just Run Time Broker causing these issues , its something deeper in system like a wandering DLL or source code running outta bounds causing excessive high memory usage.....It Could be from Older Win Store apps from Win8, not yet properly updated to run in a Windows8.1 environment ???

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-12T15:20:17+00:00

    Seems like win8 games/apps running for long time are keeping their state and claiming memory. I closed all metro apps & games then killed runtime broker from task manager. Things came back to normalcy.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-11-03T14:52:35+00:00

    Recently Upgraded from Win 8 to Win 8.1.

    Facing several issues. this RuntimeBroker on part of it.

    Very Very High Disk usage, very high Memory Usage, sometimes I just regret upgrading :(

    Microsoft!!!!!!! Please fix it, whatever it is!!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-04-03T10:16:42+00:00

    Sorry I never got a notification about your post so I didn't see it. I am sure you have already sorted out your issues but if you read the rest of the thread, you'll see that Norton wasn't the culprit (not on my system anyway). It did seem to make the problem worse but it was the Clock app that turned out to be causing the problem for me.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-04-03T10:13:43+00:00

    To be fair, it had absolutely nothing to do with Norton Antivirus so it's not a very good reason for you not to use any.

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