random ram usage

[4K POTATO]

Looking in task manager it says that I am using 4gb of my 16gb and the only application that is open is task manager. were is my ram going and how do I get it back?

 

[blockhead78]

a portion of memory gets cached by several processes in windows

in order to see a breakdown, in task manager open the processes tab (details in win 8)

If there is a tick box 'show processes for all users' then tick it

click on the memory column header to sort the highest value at the top

that basically gives you a list of all running processes and how much memory they are using

 

[4K POTATO]

a portion of memory gets cached by several processes in windows

in order to see a breakdown, in task manager open the processes tab (details in win 8)

If there is a tick box 'show processes for all users' then tick it

click on the memory column header to sort the highest value at the top

that basically gives you a list of all running processes and how much memory they are using

I did this and I ended all processes but my ram usage is still 40%

 

[blockhead78]

I wouldn't end all of the processes as a lot of them will be critical to windows

Restart the PC, get the list of processes up again with the highest memory usage at the top and post a screenshot please

 

[4K POTATO]

I wouldn't end all of the processes as a lot of them will be critical to windows

Restart the PC, get the list of processes up again with the highest memory usage at the top and post a screenshot please

cant seem to post a picture but under task manager the highest running task is "windows explore" which is needed. but my pc is still using 40% of my 16gb

 

[blockhead78]

which version of windows is it?
what applications do you have set to be included in startup?
are all of your windows updates installed?

 

[4K POTATO]

which version of windows is it?
what applications do you have set to be included in startup?
are all of your windows updates installed?

its good i fixed it, started using chrome and my ram usage went down to 1.5 gb of ram.