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Since upgrading to Windows 10, I've noticed I get out-of-memory warnings (leading to out-of-memory app crashes if I don't address it) when my actual memory usage is only around 60% according to Task Manager. It wasn't an issue at first, but after the major update they did about a month ago, it seems to be happening more frequently.

I did occasionally run out of memory on Windows 7, but only when I was actually hitting 95+ percent usage, which was quite rare.

image I've attached a screenshot of task manager immediately before a crash, and it's typical of what I normally see - around 60-65% usage being flagged as "out of memory" territory. Where's my other one-third gone?

Current setup is Windows 10, with 4x4GB sticks of Corsair memory for 16GB total. Any advice is appreciated.

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You likely have pagefile disabled or severely limited. You need to go to the Performance tab and look at the Commited value. The "max" value listed there is your RAM + your enabled pagefile. If you disabled/limited page file it is likely what you are running out of.

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For more detailed information about what is going wrong see this answer from a similar question.

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