[SOLVED] Possible Memory Leak

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So I've been running into an issue for quite some time, I've noticed that my non paged pool at times seems way too high. Sometimes a restart fixes this issue but other times it doesn't. From what I have gathered by searching through the forums is that this is most likely a network driver, however I have already updated the drivers by both checking through Device Manager and through Armoury Crate (the software that supports my motherboard-ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wifi). What else can I do to pinpoint the issue and resolve it? I've done virus scans, spent countless hours looking through different material and frankly I'm stumped on the next steps. Any help would be much appreciated. I've seen people using Task Manager or Poolmon as a way to try and figure this out. I've attached both screenshots below. Any ideas what this might be?

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Solution
netio.sys and ndis.sys both used by windows to talk to LAN drivers, so if that is where biggest variance between frees and used are, then I would update LAN drivers.

If your PC uses Killer internet drivers, they were a known memory leak a few years ago

Sometimes a restart fixes this issue but other times it doesn't.
that isn't exactly how a memory leak works. if its a driver leak, it should give all ram back it was holding on a restart, as it flushes ram.
when you say restart, do you mean the command in power menu of startup? Just shutting down and restarting win 10 may not flush ram due to fast startup keeping PC awake during shutdown.