736mb memory used up with no programs open

swr1986 said:

Any ideas why this would be happening? No windows open and only Avast and "Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver For Mobile" in the tray.

That isn't very bad for 64 bit Windows 7. It uses up more ram than 32 bit. Try decreasing the amount of startup programs by going to start, type in msconfig, and press enter. Then, go to the startup tab and disable everything except the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator and Avast.

The graph shows your CPU is being used so something is going on.

swr1986 said:

I can't remember what all the CPU peaks were. First ones will be me opening task man I imagine. Maybe the later ones were me closing a couple of programs. It stuck around about 1% and 736MB after that though.

All I had on startup was the Java AutoUpdater, Avast and 3 X "Intel(R) Common User Interface".

Keep the Java AutoUpdater enabled. Unless you tweak graphics card settings, you can disable the Intel(R) Common User Interface which shouldn't hurt anything. If you do need it, you can go back into msconfig and check its checkbox again. Honestly, your ram usage isn't too bad for 64 bit Windows. If you need more ram, you could switch to 32 bit Windows 7 which uses less ram.

I see nothing wrong with the screen shot posted. So what if its is using 736MBs or RAM. RAM is meant to be used! I've ran Windows 7 on 2GBs (50% memory usage on average) for years without a single issue, and I was heavy on it.

I'm on Windows 7 x64 with 2GB of RAM and here is my working load with Chrome open (33 Processes, 39%, 781MB). Note that I have slimmed down my machine to be very lean and mean. I see nothing out of line regarding your load.

You are fine. There is nothing wrong. No need to save RAM for a rainy day. The more the system uses, the better it is. My system currently uses 3.4GB and I am not doing a lot.