win 7 ram at 50% when idle

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  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Professional 64-bit
       #1

    win 7 ram at 50% when idle


    my laptop's ram usage always displays around 50% even when idle. help!

    my laptop is Asus k50ij intel pentium T4400 4GB DDR2, win7 64-bit
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  2. Posts : 1,483
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #2

    Hi, crmmercado, welcome to the Seven Forums!

    If your system is not exhibiting slowdowns or other such errors, then I have 4 words of advice: Don't worry about it. :)
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  3. Posts : 1,036
    Winbdows 7 ultimate x64 | Ubuntu 12.04 x64 LTS
       #3

    Ya if your facing no problems, then don't worry about it. Mind also reaches at 43% (not so far from 50) when in Idle.
    The larger the memory, the more windows tends to utilize it. (There's a limit though).
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  4. ARG
    Posts : 44
    Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Windows XP Pro SP3 Dual Boot
       #4

    yeah if it is not slowing down or no error in your system , don't worry about it.
    i got 60-70% when idle on my 1 gb ram netbook. and also reach 40% on my rig :)
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  5. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #5

    Just to point out....A computer is never idle, you are just not using it at that moment.
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  6. Posts : 5,795
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    It's been beaten to death online by now, but that's Windows 7 doing it's job. I've seen it written many other times, but the general consensus is....if you don't want your memory used, remoed it from your computer and put it on your desk. Windows 7 isn't XP, so it shouldn't be treated like XP. You paid for that memory, so if the computer is using it to run more efficiently....let it.
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  7. Posts : 571
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #7

    Right on, DeaconFrost!
    The old saying, "Unused memory is wasted memory", is still true.
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  8. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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    If you are interested to know what's running, open the Task Manager > Processes tab. Then click on "show processes of all users" button (on the bottom) and click on the Memory button to show you the main users on top.
    But I vote with the others, nothing to worry about.
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  9. ARG
    Posts : 44
    Windows 7 Home Premium x86 Windows XP Pro SP3 Dual Boot
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    rap33042 said:
    Right on, DeaconFrost!
    The old saying, "Unused memory is wasted memory", is still true.
    ahh ! i'm totally agree with that statement
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  10. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
       #10

    My 4GB of RAM is generally used up to within 50-75MB of the 4092MB. Shows me I should get some more but also that Win7 64bit is pretty good at managing things on it's own. Maybe the Intel SSD helps a bit too.
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