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
    2023-04-27T12:48:19+00:00

    Atlas Windows 10 And Windows 10 Ghost Spectre Looks Good For Gaming :))

    Windows 11 User : wHy tHiS ******** wInDOwS 11 lOokS WEirD aYo ***
    tHat RAM lOok InCredibLe 90-99 rAm uSed????????

    Me Using Windows 10 Atlas 22h2 And Ghost Spectre 22h2 WOW DID YOU SEE THAT RAM !!!! ?????

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  2. VARADHARAJAN K 9,726 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-04-27T15:56:23+00:00

    Are you this using below os

    Windows 10 Atlas 22h2 And Ghost Spectre 22h2

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-12T19:25:08+00:00

    Yes same problem

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-21T10:27:36+00:00

    Hello, same issue. Fresh OS with drivers and simple software installed. 32GB of RAM and 95% used in browser. DON'T tell me that OS allocates more for applications to be used in future - i know that BUT if its allocated it's counted into application that you can check and verify in future if you want to use that app still or manage it somehow. Unused RAM = wasted RAM - yes so thats why i'm here - my RAM is not utilized according to what windows says and its wasted for my personal use - yes i can see drops in frames and application performance. I've counted all programs RAM usage (non microsoft) and it led me to around 2,5 GB and for microsoft combined + those non microsoft 6,4GB. WHERE OTHER 26GB GOES? If its not assigned to process ITS NOT USED BY IT in any OS administration meanings - if yes and thats new approach please make some offical KB as I will revise using Windows Server in our Unit at work as if that will be implemented same way we will go to linux infra as it will be much easier to monitor and manage - obviously it already is but due to some application limitation and easy to run on windows we are on them for now. So please make official statement if thats a case and view in Task manager or Powershell outputs are now invalid and just approximate overview.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-23T11:17:31+00:00

    30g out of 32g is defintely NOT normal usage even for win11 with third-party software. This is some kind of a malfunction. But you need to narrow down possible problems.

    1. Stop using task manager to analyze such problems.
    2. Take procexp and rammap from sysinternals and you will get the whole picture
    3. Analyze every process you think is using too much and when you finish you can ask a more appropriate question "Why process <NAME> uses so much ram"

    3.1 If you havent found culprit it probably means that some process leaks and that is more difficult problem to solve. You'll have to use safe mode and enabling everything one by one to find the process which uses too much ram.

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