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
    2022-04-08T22:34:21+00:00

    I did install the March update, and still have the problem. I also have Docker Desktop and a couple other programs running at startup. I don't think it's a memory leak because the high memory usage is there right after a reboot.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-09T16:06:07+00:00

    Same here : 32 Gb of RAM available and showing a 85% usage, although very little program usage.

    Not having information on what is currently using the RAM does not give me much confidence in the Task Manager...

    I have latest patches installed (including the KB5011563 March cumulative update)

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-04-12T18:56:52+00:00

    Can we get any answer from official Microsoft support on this ?

    Should we do clean install ?

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-04-12T19:06:01+00:00

    Hey, I tried doing what this post suggests and it partially solved my problem (RAM usage is much better now after a reboot):

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/my-computer-uses-50-of-my-ram-while-idle/0457b542-d119-4347-8ea7-f28d42832aef

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-04-15T07:22:20+00:00

    I have the same problem, and cannot find a way to solve it.

    Few processes open but i see much more memory used than the amout they occupy.

    Can we have a solution?

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