Solved Memory being overused

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My Windows 8 Operating system (tried 8.1 but I had to factory reset because it broke) seems to be taking up more memory than it needs and it gradually increases over time. Is there any way to fix this?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
There's an old saying: Free RAM is wasted RAM. By default, Windows uses up a load of RAM, on top of that which it is using, as cache in anticipation of the next operation - it's called Superfech. If there is a sudden demand from elsewhere for that RAM it will instantly dump it for what is required. It helps Windows to run faster.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with Bing x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire ES1-512-CSYW
    CPU
    Intel Celeron N2840 @ 2.16GHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Aspire ES1-512 BIOS: Insyde Corps V1.07
    Memory
    4GB DDR3L SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD
    Internet Speed
    10Mb/s 3 Network HSPA+
    Browser
    IE11 and Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Can you post a picture of the Resource Monitor > Memory tab. You find it in Computer management > Performance as a link. The output would look something like this:


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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
stringjunky said:
There's an old saying: Free RAM is wasted RAM. By default, Windows uses up a load of RAM, on top of that which it is using, as cache in anticipation of the next operation - it's called Superfech. If there is a sudden demand from elsewhere for that RAM it will instantly dump it for what is required. It helps Windows to run faster.
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the problem is that its not being released... ever.... I even tried pushing it to 100% but it still wouldnt be released to the process I was running. and a couple nights ago it was lingering at 95% and my computer was running very slow

and here is the resource monitor
resource monitor.png
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
Looks like you have a Chrome invasion. Try not to use Chrome (set another default browser) after the next reboot and see what happens.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
We don't know yet how much of the problem is due to Chrome. My suggestion was a test to find out. For that Chrome must not be used. Use Opera or Safari in the meantime if the others are no good - which I don't understand.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
Opera is quite light.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with Bing x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire ES1-512-CSYW
    CPU
    Intel Celeron N2840 @ 2.16GHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Aspire ES1-512 BIOS: Insyde Corps V1.07
    Memory
    4GB DDR3L SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD
    Internet Speed
    10Mb/s 3 Network HSPA+
    Browser
    IE11 and Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
after running my computer for 8 hours and never opening chrome once, it is determined that chrome is the cause of my issue. thank you for the help on figuring out what is wrong. now I need to find the solution to the issue.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
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