How to deal with huge pagefile (committed memory) usage created by ASUS LightingService?

Question

I have an Asus TUF Gaming laptop that I have owned for around a year. I am running Windows 11 on it.

Recently, I noticed a significant increase in memory usage, specifically from higher page file utilization. After some investigation, I identified the Asus "LightingService" process as the culprit. Whenever I stop this particular service, there is a release of at least 10GB of page file usage.

This appears to be a problematic memory leak with LightingService. The service is required for Asus Armory Crate to control the RGB lighting and other hardware integration on my laptop. However, allowing LightingService to run rampantly is bloated my page file and impacting performance.

I am wondering if anyone else using Asus gaming laptops have observed similar excessive memory utilization from LightingService? Additionally, does anyone know of a solution that would allow LightingService to operate without the severe memory leak issues?

Ideally, I would like to restrict the page file impact of LightingService specifically or somehow resolve the underlying memory leak problem so Armory Crate can function without degrading laptop performance.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 04 '24 at 04:13

I just created this account to inform you with my "solution", click on Windows Icon and search for Services => search for: Asus Aura Sync Lighting Service => Right click on properties => Stop the process and set startup type to manual.

This way, Asus Aura Sync won't bother you in the future unless you open it to select another keyboard lightning effect then it might give you the memory issue in which case just open the service and stop it, right now after doing these steps and launching asus armory, this service started running but with 0 memory usage (my keyboard effects are static btw)

How it is for me now: