High Physical Memory without much application running

[1959Ramz]

im very confuse of what is the reason why my laptop is experiencing like this i was just browsing in the internet with 3 tabs and then suddenly i got hanged then i checked my task manager i was shocked what i saw this almost happens everytime to me

[Douglass_G]

I would check and see how many programs are opening on your initial start up, because they may be running in the back ground . Go to the start menu and type in 'msconfig' and look at the programs that are listed under the start up programs, and disable any programs you do not need.

[ichi730]

Hi,

Check Total CPU and RAM Usage

Click over to the Performance tab to view your computer’s total CPU and physical memory (RAM) usage. The CPU usage history graph shows total CPU usage as well as separate graphs for each CPU’s usage over time, while the Memory graph shows you total memory usage and how your memory usage has changed over time.

If the CPU usage or Memory bars are completely full and your computer is running slowly, you should close some CPU or memory-hungry programs — check the processes list to see which those are — and free up resources. If your Memory and CPU usage are always high, you may want to upgrade your RAM or get a computer with a faster CPU to speed things up.

  View System Network Activity

If you’re having problems with your Internet connection — maybe web pages are loading slowly or your voice is dropping out while you’re talking to someone on Skype or a similar VoIP program — you may want to check your computer’s total network usage. You can do this from the Networking tab in the Task Manager.

You’ll see a separate graph for each of your computer’s network adapters, which will inform you how much of your network’s resources the programs on your computer are consuming. This allows you to see whether there are any programs running in the background and saturating your network connection.

On Windows 8 or 10, you’ll find this information on the Performance tab, too.

Check Per-Process Network Activity

If you can see that your network connection is being used, you may want to know which applications are using the network. To see a list of processes accessing the network and how much network resources they’re each using, click over to the Performance tab and click the Resource Monitor button.

On the Resource Monitor’s network tab, you can view the list of processes with network activity and see what’s sucking up resources. Note that this counts all network activity — even processes just communicating with other devices on the local network and not connecting to the Internet.

On Windows 8 or 10, you can view per-process network activity on the Processes tab.

Check Per-Process Disk Activity

With the Resource Monitor opened from the Performance tab in the Task Manager, you can also click the Disk tab and see which programs are reading and writing to your disk the most. If your hard drive is grinding away, this tool will show you which programs are taking up all your disk resources.

On Windows 8 or 10, this information is available on the Task Manager’s Processes tab.

Manage Startup Programs

On Windows 8 or 10, you can use the Startup tab in the Task Manager to control which programs automatically start with your computer.

On Windows 7, you’ll need to use another tool, like the startup manager built into CCleaner.

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If you want a more advanced Task Manager replacement, download the free Process Explorerutility. This tool is developed by Microsoft and offers a variety of features you won’t find in the standard task manager, even on Windows 8 or 10, including the ability to view which files and folders a program has “locked” and unlock them so they can be modified.

Hope it helps.