Ram usage with few programs running?

More below o.o

Like three things on startup, which are a key-scrambler, java updater and MBAM.

SehCure said:

If it idles at say 1.9gb RAM, how do computers with 2GB of ram even run?

And this is on the lowest graphics settings possible [Windows classic, no effects etc]

Just fine, RAM usage is relative to how much physical ram you have. Also running on Windows Classic will take up a portion of your RAM and CPU. You should be using Aero. Aero lives on the graphics card, video memory and GPU.

+1 - also, when looking at resource issues (like memory usage), do yourself a favor and use resmon instead - task manager is not really going to show you what you want to see, but resmon will (on the memory tab). It even has a graph showing you how the memory is allocated at the bottom of that tab making it easier to see how the system is using the RAM.