Excessive RAM usage, Cannot find culprit, need it fixed ASAP

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  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional service pack 1 64 bit
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    Excessive RAM usage, Cannot find culprit, need it fixed ASAP


    So just as i said in the description, my ram fills up till there is nothing left (8GB) there are no open programs and i shut off unnecessary processes but its still right up there, here are some screen shots.
    Any Help will be greatly appreciated.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Excessive RAM usage, Cannot find culprit, need it fixed ASAP-perf6.5.jpg   Excessive RAM usage, Cannot find culprit, need it fixed ASAP-process6.5.jpg   Excessive RAM usage, Cannot find culprit, need it fixed ASAP-service6.5.jpg  
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  2. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #2

    What is ASAP?
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional service pack 1 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    As soon as possible, please and thank you.
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  4. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #4

    Post a screenshot of Task Manager - Processes tab showing and sorted by the "Memory - Working set" column. You will need to add this column with the "Select columns" option in the view menu. The "Memory(Private working set)" column does not show all of the processes usage.
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Professional service pack 1 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I do believe this is what you are asking for?
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  6. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #6

    As I suspected the process list shows nothing that would account for the problem. The Non paged pool seems high but not nearly high enough to account for the issue. More advanced diagnostics will be required. I don't think I can be of much further help.
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  7. Posts : 1,049
    Windows 7 Pro 32
       #7

    The last screenshot says the physical memory is only 44%. Add the column Peak Working Set, that might be useful.
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  8. Posts : 4,566
    Windows 10 Pro
       #8

    What programs are set to run as startup?

    What is your virtual memory set to?

    advanced system settings-performance settings-advanced tab-virtual memory Should be checked to automatically manage page file.
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  9. Posts : 1,519
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.10, Linux Mint 17, Windows 10 Pro TP
       #9

    Windows likes to use as much RAM as possible. Yours doesn't seem out of line to me. One thing that may help is to set the Paging File/Virtual Memory to the recommended 1.5 times the installed RAM [in Search, Help and Support on Virtual Memory]. Virtual Memory allows offloading the older data from RAM to make room for newer. I also have 8GB on my Win7 and have the Virtual Memory at 12GB but it's on a second physical HDD [not a separate partition on the C: drive] and usually get a noticeable improvement playing videos.
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  10. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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    The pagefile is most likely system managed. We already know that the current size of the pagefile is roughly the same size as RAM. The commit limit (currently 15 GB) is the size of RAM plus the size of the pagefile minus a small overhead. Under normal conditions the current size should be more than enough. The commit charge tells us nothing about how much of the pagefile is actually in use.
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