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
    2022-03-24T13:39:11+00:00

    Hello, I have the same problem : my laptop has 16GB of RAM and with no application open else than Firefox, my RAM usage is 52%, and never seems to be less than 40%. Often when I work with 3-4 applications at the same time, I get a black screen and I am forced to reboot.

    In the Task Manager, it seems like I have a gazillion small processes that add up and I don't really know which ones to remove. Even if I end them in the Task Manager, they come back after I've rebooted.

    It's a painful problem and Microsoft should really fix it because it's impossible to work in those conditions.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-08T11:59:06+00:00

    yeh same here! on idle ram usage goes around 60 and never stays under 50 . even though I dont have any of much games or apps in my laptop and task manager also seems good .

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-04T16:53:45+00:00

    same issue i am aalso facing. so, going back to windows 10 tomorrow or sooner

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-02T15:07:51+00:00

    How is this an ok answer, the guy has 16 GB RAM how can this little processes use 60% discord being 500mb and the rest less than 500mb combined doesn't explain win 11 holding 9gb ram

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-01-06T13:17:15+00:00

    Good Day Spark30,

    I appreciate your time getting back to this thread, it appears that third-party apps taking most of the ram, you can visit this link as reference and perform cleanboot.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-t...

    Restart and and check the Ram usage.

    Have a wonderful day ahead and stay safe.

    Sincerely,

    Carlo T.

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