Windows 7: If i dont restart for a day or 2 my ram usage slowly...

goes up why is that???

I'd assume some programs may not have closed properly, and have left things running in the background, OR instead of closing the program, the X just minimises it to tray, and you haven't noticed..

everything seems closed, i did ntoice even after my ipod is unplugged that service stays up, its jsut it starts off low, and the last night it was up to 1.8 gigs of ram usage. i was like whoa how did that happen, and even after i exited out of everything and just on my desktop it went to 1.7

hmm, you've checked the tray? What is your idle Usage?

where do i check my tray?

Down on the right, next to the time.

there was nothing in there besides the flag and the little thing for my storage usb external hard drives. now i opened everything else, like steam aim xfire.

hmm, this is where some pics are needed, can you expand the system tray (screenshot), and open the Process tab in Task Manager and take a screenshot of that too, and post it up. See if i can see anything out of the ordinary.

i think it would be better if i do it when the ram is up??? or do you want it now?

When its up, just post it up when your ready, i'll more then likely be on..