High ram usage while idle on a windows 11 pc

Anonymous
2022-01-06T07:55:14+00:00

Just like the title goes, my laptop gets about 50~60 ram usage while idle, even though it has 16 gigs of ram. Tried checking with the task manager doesn't seem to spot anything going on. Also, I've tried fixing the registry, disabling startup applications, defragmenting drives, turning off Sysmain, as said on the Internet, but they all didn't change anything. Is there any way to fix this while not clean installing windows again?

My laptop is currently on Windows 11 build 22000,

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-09-02T15:47:48+00:00

    Try Disable the MemoryDiagnostics task in Task Scheduler. It is set to run whenever the machine is idle for 10m, and to stop as soon as the machine is no longer idle. And the task is also hidden by the way.

    This was my issue for the CPU fan constantly spinning up for no apparent reason while the PC is unattended. Sorry but I was not paying attention to the RAM usage, only the CPU usage. It would always calm itself down immediately after I would touch the mouse or keyboard.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-21T07:33:49+00:00

    Update.

    Were NOT fixed by boot settings \ auloaders \ services \ etc

    Fixed to 25..30% after: disable Fast Startup on Windows 11

    Alternatively, open Command Prompt (admin) and run the “powercfg /h off” command to disable Windows 11 Fast Startup.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-05T14:38:07+00:00

    I have 8 GB ram installed but in idle case also 80% ram is used.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-04T04:02:48+00:00

    Thanks for your reply :) So scary after seeing your reply. But how could this happen without our knowledge despite everything in our control. I have killed all starting apps and all. Still it's eating my memory. Win 11 patch build was not that much good to handle this at all. Reg. core isolation my PC has 10 cores and i've no issues in that. Anyway your reply was helpful and i hope i'll sort this out soon.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-07-04T03:56:40+00:00

    Thanks for your reply :) I think that's not a better idea but i have tried it too. Still my RAM usage is high on idle. Even i dont have apps other than MS Store.

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