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
    2024-01-26T12:17:55+00:00

    I think Windows 10 also uses 1-2 GB RAM on idle Windows 11 uses 4-5 GB RAM on idle. I'd like to go back to Win 10

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-22T16:25:26+00:00

    Just tried it, no dice. This is after shutting down and manually pressing the power button to turn back on, with 16GB of RAM:

    I'm starting to think the OS just requires 6GB of RAM to operate, which for some reason doesn't get shown in Task Manager.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-15T09:41:19+00:00

    as I wrote - try this:

    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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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-15T01:27:19+00:00

    I did what's recommended in the video, and it definitely made my system faster, but the hidden RAM usage remains. I have Windows 11 with 16GB of RAM, and when I boot my computer and immediately open task manager, it shows 40% (approx 6.5GB) in use, but all of the processes combined add up to roughly 1GB. So, same problem as you. Really wish I knew where it was going.

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