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Whilst I've seem some similar questions, I can't troubleshoot the problem I am having as they tend to be specific to that user asking.

When I run my PC > 24 hours (I have reasons why I do this), my RAM usage creeps up. I had my PC on all weekend, and my ram was maxed out at 100%.

When I check in task manager, the usage is not accounted for at all. I have 32GB RAM, and usually the highest usage on the RAM will be a Google Chrome process with half a gig usage, a handful of processes over 100MB total, then others with smaller amounts. Never enough to account for the actual usage.

After looking through other answers I downloaded Process Explorer, and looked at the Working Set column. There is a process there called "memory Compression", with 6,344K private byes but a working set of 2,6922,748K. Thats at time of writing, where my PC hasn't been on as long as I noramlly would let it run in total before a reboot. Total RAM usage currently sits at 50%.

Some people suggested it might be a driver with a memory leak, but I am unsure how to diagnose a problem further here. enter image description here Theres an image of some of what I'm seeing. In 1-3 days, I would expect to see that at 32 GB, but with seemingly no extra processes using RAM etc.

pingu2k4
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Stop looking at your RAM usage.

If your computer has RAM available, the point is for the computer to USE said RAM. If the RAM is unused, it means that when you need to access data, the computer will have to access the HDD and load it, which is super slow, vs reading it straight from RAM. You'll want the computer to pre-load things based on your usage patterns.

Look up Windows and super-fetch and pre-caching and all the technologies related to it.

Now, if you have an actual problem, then list the actual problem, like, "I need to do this thing that uses lots of RAM, but computer crashes."

Your system monitor is giving you a useless piece of information (RAM usage), and you're trying to fix a "problem" that is non-existent.

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