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Windows 11 just started to chew up RAM. ~15 GB unaccounted for.
Hey guys, possible this is a known thing, but in the last few days, I've noticed a huge amount of memory getting consumed by seemingly nothing or some background service. Which I only really noticed since Star Citizen complained about having less than 8 GB of free memory.
I have 64 GB of RAM here, and ~15 GB is not accounted for. The consumption got so out of hand that I had to restart my computer to keep it at bay....
I sort of wonder if this is that new Windows 11 recording feature.
not sure, any ideas?
Is there any software that can tell me what's happening in the background?
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Task Manager is indicating you are only using 57% of your RAM. Why worry about that? If it was in the 85-95% might then be of concern.
Also, after using computer for a very long time and one of those that used to watch all the stats in Task Manager, trust me, just use your computer and let Windows manage it. Watching memory use (or any of the other stats) is just a time waster. I finally woke up to that a number of years ago.
Of course if that's what you want to do, by all means do.
Most of the RAM eat by the game and chrome app. This is quite normal.
Use the RAMMap tool to analyse memory usage, and check whether the Activity History and Screenshot features are enabled within Windows 11's privacy and security settings. Disable them if necessary.
