How do i lower my RAM usage, i have 2GB ram and it's always at 98%

[deeptruble]

I am so frustrated I can't use anything on the net, It lags me out on everything what do i do? I have no idea what is causing it to use that much RAM, I checked my Task Manager and disabled everything that caused too much RAM usage , it goes down to 60% then jumps right back up to 98% slowly

picture below shows what happens when i click show processes from all users, I dont' know how most of that garbage is still running, I have removed stuff from my computer but i don't know which ****ing program is filling up my Local Disk C also.

the virus scanner i have is called "McaFee"

and it doesn't even find any viruses which i know must be on my computer!
help me please, I am suffering.

 

[deeptruble]

This is what my task manager looks like, I sweaer this thread took me 15-17 minutes to create.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

First, 2GB RAM simply isn't adequate for running Win 7 properly. You should have at least 4GB. Go to advisor | United States (USD) and feed it the information it requests to see if you can upgrade the RAM in your machine.

Second, you should get another anti-virus other than McAfee. Just about any AV other than MSE would be better. The free ones tend to have a lighter footprint than the paid ones.

 

[deeptruble]

I never had any problems with my 2GB ram before, this started recently and it's annoying me

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Start by completely filling out your system specs. Look at mine to get an idea of what complete means.

 

[deeptruble]

this is what i have so far

Start by completely filling out your system specs. Look at mine to get an idea of what complete means.

 

[Sky Ranch]

There is a SVCHost that is running showing a rather high 962,952 k. Never seen it that high before on any of my machines.

 

[deeptruble]

There is a SVCHost that is running showing a rather high 962,952 k. Never seen is that high before on my machines.

when i disabled that SVCHost my ram went to 33% but all of a sudden everything started to lose its color like my windows taskbar turned into a windows classic taskbar and then when i pressed refresh and it came back on with a number of 1,000,000

My Firefox also runs at 364,854 most of the time within the 200k-400k range.

is Avant a good anti virus?
My local disk c is also being eaten up, I deleted everything yesterday and used cccleaner and freed up at least 200mb then it started to get chewed again till it reached 0 then went back up to 15.5mb only....

 

[DavidE]

How big is your HD/SSD ( C drive) ?
Are you saying you only have 15.5 MB free space on the HD/SSD ( C drive) ?

 

[Sky Ranch]

In task manager, right click that process then click Go to Service(s) to see what services that particular SVCHost is running.

 

[deeptruble]

How big is your HD/SSD ( C drive) ?
Are you saying you only have 15.5 MB free space on the HD/SSD ( C drive) ?

In task manager, right click that process then click Go to Service(s) to see what services that particular SVCHost is running.

that sort of did the trick, i kept on cancelling SVCHost and now my ram is at 60%(40% when i close my firefox)

This is what my RAM looks like my Local Disk C ( i place all my files, all my movies in local disk D, games folders etc, Only Itunes and everyday tools are in Local Disk C)

EDIT: it just went from 18 mb to 12 mb right now....

 

[DavidE]

18.6 MB free space on your C drive is not enough.
The recommended minimum free space is 10%.
You should do something to get more free space on your C drive.
Get a bigger HD, delete files, etc.

 

[deeptruble]

18.6 MB free space on your C drive is not enough.
The recommended minimum free space is 10%.
You should do something to get more free space on your C drive.
Get a bigger HD, delete files, etc.

thing is I am a retard when it comes to computers
I don't know how to open up a computer and remove a hard disk and replace it

 

[DavidE]

You can use WizTree to see if you can find files you can delete from C, or move to a different drive.
They have a portable zip available, so no install needed.
Antibody Software - WizTree finds the files and folders using the most disk space on your hard drive

 

[deeptruble]

You can use WizTree to see if you can find files you can delete from C, or move to a different drive.
They have a portable zip available, so no install needed.
Antibody Software - WizTree finds the files and folders using the most disk space on your hard drive

I thought this was like a ccleaner it would find files to delete for me
I just freed up space like 2GB deleting random games like wild tangent etc
got 2GB
tried to install 30 day trial of premier it was nearly done when I get the blue screen and my computer restarts
I go back and see only 1GB is free
I uninstall avast and restart and still 1GB free
something took up 1GB of my disk c
there is no sign of avast folders anywhere so idk

 

[DavidE]

You probably don't have enough free space to do the things you are trying to do, and that causes Windows errors.
You can download WizTree to your D drive, unzip it, and run it from there.
Did you run Wiztree to see what it shows ?

It is not a cleanup tool, it shows what folders and files are using the most space on a drive.

 

[deeptruble]

You probably don't have enough free space to do the things you are trying to do, and that causes Windows errors.
You can download WizTree to your D drive, unzip it, and run it from there.
Did you run Wiztree to see what it shows ?

It is not a cleanup tool, it shows what folders and files are using the most space on a drive.

I just turned off my computer it's late here
will report back tomorrow

 

[LMiller7]

Post a screenshot of Task Manager - Performance tab. This provides important information not found elsewhere.

 

[GokAy]

I don't think uninstalling Avast would help, you need to see if System Restore is still set at 50% and reduce it if so. Then restart and manually create a restore point.

Also, check pagefile settings, maybe it is eating whatever free space you are creating.

 

[deeptruble]

Performance tab was posted before but i will post it again.
I checked system restore and it had 2014 backups only and will delete all my programs lol, I have never used it before nor do i allow my computer to save backup files because it takes up 30gb at least.
and i freed at least 400mb using wiz tree, some of it were backup files for itunes that i didn't need.
the biggest file was 1gb (it's a gaming file so i didn't delete it)