[d stoner]

on start up, does it automatically jump to 90% usage... or does it gradually start hogging more and more while its on?

 

[d stoner]

It starts up at about 50, and slowly gets higher.Something I noticed is that on my account there's only about 40 processes going on, but when I click on the checkbox for "show processes for all users", there's at least 90.  I just deleted the only other account on my computer.  Thanks for the help!

tbh tho, on my laptop when i click "show all processes" my list doubles, and im the only account. so deleting the other profile might not help.

sounds like u might want to upgrade your ram, and/or u got some memory leaks.

 

[d stoner]

Thanks guys, I'm probably gonna upgrade my memory from 4GB to 8.

before spending money on ram, do what Chaval said, and take out some startup programs 1st. (also do some virus scans)

because, like bacon, i have 4gigs and i idle around 35-40% too

 

[d stoner]

I cut down what I can just now, so I'll see what that does for the next couple days

if u have alot of desktop gadgets that could be slowing u down too, they can possibly take up 5-10% of your ram each.

but the next time it starts eating all your memory, id take a look at what exactly is using it all in your task manager and do a google search on whatever the process' name is. maybe even throw in your pc brands name at the end of it (sony, hp, dell...), it might be some useless brand-specific program killing your pc for nothing.

 

[d stoner]

good to know man, hope it doesnt give u any more issues for a while