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
    2024-12-12T08:53:23+00:00

    Wow, Chien, you are one of the lucky ones! If only that were the case for me and so many others, and not only in this forum!

    What else do you have open?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-12T08:02:35+00:00

    And we should see them in Process Manager or Task Manager,

    if not, or those tools are useless then ....

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T22:32:50+00:00

    Do you have an integrated GPU or a dedicated GPU?

    Issue is related to BIOS/UEFI/Windows OS assigning most of the RAM as STATICLY shared VRAM instead of allowing for a dynamic allocation.
    Followed then by not properly listing the Shared RAM as VRAM for the IGPU, making it to look like you are missing a chunk of your RAM for no reason.

    IF you have a IGPU and a dedicated GPU attempt to A. Turn off the IGPU in BIOS/UEFI or B. Set a maximum (instead of allowing auto,) amount of RAM that can be allocated as "Shared" VRAM.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T17:44:12+00:00

    ... we all can't be wrong. Windows 11 has a memory issue.

    I wonder why it doesn't have a memory issue for me.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-11T17:43:13+00:00

    No problem. You can download and install Windows Memory cleaner This free RAM cleaner uses native Windows features to optimize memory .... from GitHub. Also, uninstall any extra extensions. Otherwise, it's "normal".

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