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
    2023-01-20T12:25:09+00:00

    He's talking out of his backside I'm afraid as when it comes down to machine level, there is no such thing as memory reservation and you cannot use more memory to increase computer speed. More memory usage by Windows means that when creating the OS, Microsoft Engineers have used more instructions to perform the same tasks that Windows 10 did with less - therefore it is less efficient and worse, not better and faster. Unused RAM is RAM with unlimited potential, wasted RAM is Memory that could have been saved by making a program more efficient

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-20T12:18:18+00:00

    Yeah I havent got a clue what this guys on about. Doing a quick rough add gives about 2GB usage from 3rd parties which is about 1/8th of his ram or 12.5% leaving another 43.5% unexplained.

    I'm having the same issue with a PC here, 55-65% usage on idle with 8GB of memory

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-17T10:19:58+00:00

    I will tell you what the problem is. Windows 11 sucks and there are about 200-300 windows procceses running eating up all the resources. My laptop after installing windows 11 also became way slower then on windows 10. so wundows 11 is another downgrade in how it uses resources from windows 10.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-16T19:30:07+00:00

    What all of you fail to understand is that unused RAM = wasted RAM...

    Of course the OS will try to make use of what's available, it's just a good thing. The OS will automatically manage the memory for you. As long as applications are stable and everything runs smoothly, there is nothing to worry about.

    Well actually I haven't thought about that.. I have recently built a new rig once again and I just swapped the drive from previous build with Win11 in it and just slammed in x1 stick 4gb ddr3 ram I happened to spare. Surprisingly it worked just fine even though the system specs weren't as preferable ngl. Still more than 50% idle memory going to Com Surrogate or whatever system process in hand, but still not impacting performance so your theory makes sense ig

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-16T19:02:05+00:00

    Just here to bump this, even with nothing running except Task Manager, I am getting 20GB+ ram usage with the highest usage being Task Manager which is using ~70mb

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