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
    2023-08-05T15:18:27+00:00

    Turn off hibernation/fast startup. For some reason, they kick in even on an SSD Boot system, resulting in the system not shutting down entirely but saving files for preloading on the next boot.

    Preloaded files/content don't show up in the task manager. But still, take up space, so they get accounted for in the total ram used even.

    Also, Superfetch (SysMain) will preload files to ram but now show up as if they are there.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-07T14:24:17+00:00

    Hi Dan,

    Thanks for the suggestions. I turned-OFF Fast Startup (Hibernation was already OFF), and then I rebooted just for good measure, but I still have the same problem.

    I'm a little hesitant to disable Superfetch (SysMain). Can disabling that cause any problems? How much do you think Superfetch (SysMain) could be contributing to the problem I'm seeing?

    Thanks,

    DanD

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-18T13:41:09+00:00

    Try again but actually pay attention. How is this eating up 16 gigs? What a terrible answer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-21T07:26:20+00:00

    Same problem.

    Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.2134]

    Clear start, - 90% memory usage from 16 RAM + 25 fixes swp

    Rammap show 5Gb free

    Taskmgr and resmon show usage 15 Gb

    Cannot upload screens \ fixed when edit

    rammap

    task manager

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-08-21T07:33:49+00:00

    Update.

    Were NOT fixed by boot settings \ auloaders \ services \ etc

    Fixed to 25..30% after: disable Fast Startup on Windows 11

    Alternatively, open Command Prompt (admin) and run the “powercfg /h off” command to disable Windows 11 Fast Startup.

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