exessive memory usage

PS I followed Brink's Clean Start-Up earlier in the week. The trouble is, this issue only occurs occasionally and never re-occurs after a re-start.

What I still don't understand is: taking AMD External Events Utility as an example, it was set to Manual in my Local Services list but was ticked (but stopped) in the Config Services list. How can two Services readouts show different things? As I said, because I had it set to manual, and because it was stopped, I had to assume it was inactive. However, am I reading you correctly when you say that it was not disabled in the Config list and consequently was loading, or sometimes loading, at Start-up?

I got a little script off Brink many years back that automatically generates a Restore Point on boot up.
None of the things I unchecked were needed... ever, as far as I am aware. easy enough to re-check them should a surprise occur.
Also, I was directed to a Black Viper - again, many years ago - who supplied a Services check-list for Safe, Tweaked or Bare-Bones configuration. I have used his Tweaked setting since then except for the odd occasion when I noticed something creep in that needed configuring. as I said, I thought I had Services firmly under control.
I have to say, W7 has been a pleasure to work with all these years but very often only because of this forum's help. I am always much obliged to you folks.
Let's see if my memory problem has gone; it must have done by now.
BTW. I still don't know where the Driver Update is in WU.
Am I definitely better-off using Download, Ask to install, rather than Notify?

I just booted up and found memory usage at 70%.
I took a screenshot of the Resource Monitor then did a restart and it was back to its normal 21% so I took another screenshot.
Maybe there are other references beyond Resource Monitor: I have a program called Process Hacker but it never shows anything different to Resource Monitor.
Can anyone see anything in these two screenshots that might account for 50% on my memory being used by something?
Alternatively, is there anything else I can use to search for it?

"Interesting you have a large memory "Standby" and not a larger "Free" reading in post #20."

I don't understand the significance of that I'm afraid; but it does, on the surface, appear odd.
Here's what Performance looks like at present with a typical memory usage of 27% and a typical c.49 processes running.
I will check this again when it next boots with memory gobbled up.

It's a program called Ice Cream Screen Recorder and it's only running because I am using it to take screen-shots.
It's a great little facility that works very well with video too.
As I said earlier, I have my system well pared-down and under control (I thought) although I'm still mystified by the two 'Services' displays i.e. the one in Administrative Tools and the one in Config showing different settings. I've always used the former and ignored the latter, so I didn't realise there was a potential for some services to load automatically even though they were set to manual in the former Services. They are disabled now anyway so it isn't those that are to blame.