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
    2023-04-20T13:10:31+00:00

    Hey, former Windows 11 user here, so I bought a HP laptop with 8GB of ram and this ****version of Windows was bundled with it..
    I didn't have much issues with it, until I noticed that the RAM usage was a bit too high. Windows 11 literally takes up ~4-5 GB of RAM compared to Windows 10's 1-2GB...

    Whenever I opened a browser (for example, your **** forced MS edge browser) that uses about ~300MB, Windows 11 would literally SKYROCKET to ~71% RAM usage..

    So if I opened any other app alongside with M$ edge, the RAM usage would go above 85%..

    Then 10 over here uses so much LESS ram compared to Windows 11, opening a browser would only make it go to ~45%..

    So what did I do and what's the solution?
    Simple! I just created a Windows 10 USB drive and downgraded- oh no sorry I mean UPGRADED to Windows 10 Download Windows 10 (microsoft.com). There's still several years left until 10 stops receiving security updates and EOS's, so feel free to upgrade..

    Windows 11 took away live tiles and taskbar toolbars, oversimplified the start menu and removed some features that I didn't use that much but I liked (such as the Timeline in task view)

    I mean, just LOOK at this comparison..

    Windows 11 (absolutely ****):

    Windows 10:

    That's a huge difference to me..

    Windows 10 also feels snappier in comparison to Windows 11, like.. sure, some parts of Windows 10 don't have any animation but WHO CARES about "fAnCy WiNdoWs" and "mOrE aNiMaTiOnS", it's all about the performance, not the look..

    Hopefully this answer helped you..

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-30T11:08:49+00:00

    yeah, this is pretty SAD ....

    win 10 was using 1-1.5GB of RAM at startup....

    now Win11 takes like 4-5GB? and there is nothing new ...

    oh...i forgot, there is a bling bling lagging and freezing fancy GUI .... (on i7-12700h with 32GB RAM)

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-30T10:08:09+00:00

    Bruh , I Downgraded To Windows 7 cuz memory usage only 37%

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  5. VARADHARAJAN K 9,726 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-03-27T10:42:25+00:00

    Check the tasks registered under task scheduler application

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