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To further update this: I started closing background processes one by one in task manager waiting for the memory usage to drop When I closed the one labeled Virtual Machine Worker Process which task manager says was using 5MB of RAM. Suddenly I went from 15GB RAM usage down to 2GB. So I...

I have Kaspersky anti-virus installed. Kaspersky full scan finds nothing Malwarebytes scan find nothing. I also started windows in safe mode (minimal) and run the same scans but they found nothing.

I have updated motherboard drivers (Chipset, LAN, SATA & MEUpdater, Audio driver is disabled in device manager as I dont use it). I have also updated the GFX card drivers. No difference in memory usage. Running the old process explorer shows about 200 processes but none with very high usage...

I have noticed slight stuttering issues with my pc. Occasional "micro" freezes with the mouse etc. Also programs take a long time to open eg VLC player is easily 10 seconds to open. Which to me seems odd considering the specs. (see below) I noticed that in task manager even after I close any...