Reduce Ram usage in windows 10?

[RVS2]

Fresh install of Windows 10 Pro, v 1703. I noticed several unnecessary ram drains and bandwidth hogs.
What general processes and services can i stop. i'm a home user.

 

[frogboy]

Have a look here for a great guide. Black Viper's Windows 10 Service Configurations | Black Viper | www.blackviper.com

 

[ispx]

@frogboy,

good morning FB is this guy BV / black viper a malware tips member?

 

[frogboy]

@frogboy,

good morning FB is this guy BV / black viper a malware tips member?

Not as far as know he is not. But he kwnowshis stuff.

 

[Deletedmessiah]

Gonna try that when I install 10 again. Maybe the lag and battery problems I've had can get fixed with those tweaks. Thanks Froggy!

 

[TairikuOkami]

You might try CleanMem Free/Pro it helps with memory leaks and generally reduces usage by 100-200 MB. Set the task to 5 min instead of default 15 min.

 

[brod56]

You might try CleanMem Free/Pro it helps with memory leaks and generally reduces usage by 100-200 MB. Set the task to 5 min instead of default 15 min.

Running RAM cleaners often is not healthy for the system at least in my experience.
I would simply remove all the unwanted programs from the startup and try not to mess with services.msc.

 

[Azure]

Running RAM cleaners often is not healthy for the system at least in my experience.
I would simply remove all the unwanted programs from the startup and try not to mess with services.msc.

Here's a statement from the developer website

About CleanMem
So how does CleanMem work?
CleanMem Works by calling a Windows API. CleanMem doesn't change the working set of a processes. It simply asks Windows to do all the work. So Windows does the trimming, the moving and manages everything. This is why there is never any crashes of programs and any performance hit to the system. To put it short CleanMem doesn't work against the Windows memory manager, it works with it

 

[frogboy]

CleanMem Free/Pro is a good software. I have used it for years, It is developed by Shane Croft the same guy that runs Tweaking.com it is worth a look for sure.

 

[509322]

Fresh install of Windows 10 Pro, v 1703. I noticed several unnecessary ram drains and bandwidth hogs.
What general processes and services can i stop. i'm a home user.

Unless the OS is alerting you that physical memory is reaching capacity I would not worry about it. I've run Windows 10 to 90 % RAM capacity without any noticeable system impact.

You didn't provide any hardware details, so we're all guessing.

 

[brambedkar59]

Fresh install of Windows 10 Pro, v 1703. I noticed several unnecessary ram drains and bandwidth hogs.
What general processes and services can i stop. i'm a home user.

You could disable background universal apps by going to settings>privacy>background apps

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

Have a look here for a great guide. Black Viper's Windows 10 Service Configurations | Black Viper | www.blackviper.com

Beat me to it Froggy I second that advice lol

 

[Marko :)]

As @rockstarrocks already said, disable background apps. That should decrease RAM usage significantly. About bandwidth usage, you're using Windows 10 so that's kinda normal. Windows 10 includes telemetry which constantly sends data to Microsoft's servers. You can use O&O ShutUp10 to silent Windows a little bit more, but keep in mind that you cannot turn off telemetry completely.

I recommend GlassWire, it shows where programs connect and tracks data usage, you can even block internet access to some programs (because GlassWire uses Windows Firewall API).

 

[HaMeR]

Have a look to windows services and disable some services. Also uninstall all the bloatware like candy crush, app store...