Memory usage doubled?

[リチャード]

So I have 6GB of memory and usually, when I turn the computer on, it uses ~1.7GB (So, Windows uses ~1.7GB) and right now, I just roughly added up all the processes' memory usage and got it to about ~1.6GB. So I'm using 3.3GB of memory, right? No. I'm using 4.7GB according to the task manager.

 

So I've pretty much no idea what's going on lately with this, it started just a couple days ago, it hasn't always been like this, which is even more confusing to me. I haven't really downloaded anything... the only thing I've downloaded really is windows updates. This computer is turning 6 in a couple of months, so maybe it's just old age? :'(

 

If anyone has a clue what could be going on, or any way to fix it... feel free to enlighten me. Thanks in advance

[jayctech]

6 year old computer with 6 GBs of RAM? Man that must have cost a lot back in the day. As for hidden usage - viruses maybe?

[Rheinwasser]

run ccleaner once and check the programs that run on startup?

[gollum99]

Maybe onboard the graphics card grabbin a gig?

[xAcid9]

Most probably just Cached files.

 

Download RAMmap and check File Summary tab. Use Empty Standby List to clear it.

Sauce: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ff700229.aspx

[リチャード]

Most probably just Cached files.

 

Download RAMmap and check File Summary tab. Use Empty Standby List to clear it.

Sauce: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ff700229.aspx

 

I click on empty standby list and absolutely nothing happens..?

 

 

Maybe onboard the graphics card grabbin a gig?

 

There's no onboard graphics.

 

 

run ccleaner once and check the programs that run on startup?

 

Nothing was out of order

[gollum99]

I mean the normal graphics card grabbin a gig, sorry!