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Windows 10 User Memory Miscounts?

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So I was on my task manager and mis-clicked on the "Users" tab. This brought up information about how much RAM I was using and the total % of my computer's RAM that that user is using. However, doing some maths I noticed that the percentage is not correct based upon the used RAM. This does not need any troubleshooting I just thought I'd post it here if anyone is interested.

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That doesn't include things running outside of your userspace, system tasks are using up memory, making a total of 35% of your total ram, however, only 500mb is running under your userspace, the others are running under a hidden system account. (I'm talking about the outerspace, not some sneaky beaky hacker with a hidden account on your computer)

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So I was on my task manager and mis-clicked on the "Users" tab. This brought up information about how much RAM I was using and the total % of my computer's RAM that that user is using. However, doing some maths I noticed that the percentage is not correct based upon the used RAM. This does not need any troubleshooting I just thought I'd post it here if anyone is interested.

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So I was on my task manager and mis-clicked on the "Users" tab. This brought up information about how much RAM I was using and the total % of my computer's RAM that that user is using. However, doing some maths I noticed that the percentage is not correct based upon the used RAM. This does not need any troubleshooting I just thought I'd post it here if anyone is interested.

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That doesn't include things running outside of your userspace, system tasks are using up memory, making a total of 35% of your total ram, however, only 500mb is running under your userspace, the others are running under a hidden system account. (I'm talking about the outerspace, not some sneaky beaky hacker with a hidden account on your computer)

 

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That doesn't include things running outside of your userspace, system tasks are using up memory, making a total of 35% of your total ram, however, only 500mb is running under your userspace, the others are running under a hidden system account. (I'm talking about the outerspace, not some sneaky beaky hacker with a hidden account on your computer)

i feel dumb

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i feel dumb

Nah fam, you're fine.

 

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That doesn't include things running outside of your userspace, system tasks are using up memory, making a total of 35% of your total ram, however, only 500mb is running under your userspace, the others are running under a hidden system account. (I'm talking about the outerspace, not some sneaky beaky hacker with a hidden account on your computer)

And for instance some GPUs share system memory, my MacBook has 256MB of VRAM memory but in Windows it has 512MB of memory and I have 5.75GB of system RAM  usable instead my 6GB, so my GPU takes 256MB of RAM from my system in Windows

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