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How to Fix RAM Problem

Jan 23, 2015 5:39AM PST

Dear Sir or Madam,

There is a problem with the RAM in my laptop computer. Sometimes, the amount of RAM being used spikes to at least 75% while I am performing normal activities. The most that I can recall is 97%. The normal amount of RAM that is used is between 55% and 70%. The lowest point that it has reached is 42%. When the amount of RAM usage reaches at least 75%, my computer slows down to the point that it is barely usable until the amount of use decreases. I have had problems with computer speed that I realized are the result of RAM usage after beginning to use a program called Memory Booster, which reduces the amount of RAM used. The amount of periods of slow-down decreased, but the spikes have not stopped. I experience the RAM spike at least every other day. Is my normal amount of RAM usage unusual? What could be causing these spikes?

Thank you for answering my question. Have a magnificent day.

Sincerely,
nigil800

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Hard to say since you didn't say how much you have.
Jan 23, 2015 5:43AM PST

Maybe you need to add more RAM or reduce the no. of concurrent tasks, but since we don't know anything about what you have or what you're doing, there's no way for us to help you.

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More details needed.
Jan 23, 2015 5:45AM PST

Such as OS make and age. Also, when was the last time you used canned air?
Dafydd.

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This information may help you help me
Jan 24, 2015 1:48AM PST

My operating system is Windows Vista. I have had my laptop since 2008. I have never used canned air.

The following are the processes that are occurring:

Process CPU Private Bytes Working Set PID Description Company Name
System Idle Process 57.59 0 K 24 K 0
System < 0.01 0 K 1,584 K 4
Interrupts < 0.01 0 K 0 K n/a Hardware Interrupts and DPCs
smss.exe 292 K 264 K 576 Windows Session Manager Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe < 0.01 1,932 K 1,788 K 668 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
wininit.exe 1,356 K 360 K 712 Windows Start-Up Application Microsoft Corporation
services.exe < 0.01 2,924 K 2,584 K 756 Services and Controller app Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe < 0.01 3,148 K 2,612 K 964 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
igfxsrvc.exe 2,064 K 124 K 2736 igfxsrvc Module Intel Corporation
mobsync.exe 7,564 K 68 K 4400 Microsoft Sync Center Microsoft Corporation
wmplayer.exe < 0.01 19,292 K 1,440 K 4240 Windows Media Player Microsoft Corporation
WmiPrvSE.exe < 0.01 12,792 K 3,232 K 6064 WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation
ehmsas.exe 1,244 K 48 K 5340 Media Center Media Status Aggregator Service Microsoft Corporation
WmiPrvSE.exe 18.93 7,204 K 4,908 K 1616 WMI Provider Host Microsoft Corporation
unsecapp.exe 2,272 K 120 K 6076 Sink to receive asynchronous callbacks for WMI client application Microsoft Corporation
ASCService.exe < 0.01 7,860 K 2,632 K 1008 Advanced SystemCare Service IObit
svchost.exe < 0.01 4,048 K 2,724 K 1108 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
MsMpEng.exe 0.76 89,444 K 55,092 K 1148 Antimalware Service Executable Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1.51 19,708 K 7,908 K 1324 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
audiodg.exe 12,680 K 1,268 K 1452 Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe < 0.01 76,456 K 66,884 K 1364 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
dwm.exe 0.76 35,488 K 41,672 K 820 Desktop Window Manager Microsoft Corporation
WUDFHost.exe 2,648 K 336 K 2604 Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Host Process Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe < 0.01 122,376 K 97,496 K 1396 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
taskeng.exe 1,948 K 1,764 K 1632 Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation
taskeng.exe < 0.01 9,672 K 296 K 2060 Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation
taskeng.exe 1,624 K 756 K 2224 Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation
Monitor.exe 0.76 13,852 K 3,528 K 2420 Performance Monitor IObit
CCleaner.exe < 0.01 13,232 K 2,160 K 5660 CCleaner Piriform Ltd
taskeng.exe 1,268 K 4,116 K 4280 Task Scheduler Engine Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 2,144 K 1,240 K 1476 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
SLsvc.exe 6,116 K 1,496 K 1496 Microsoft Software Licensing Service Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 4,976 K 2,456 K 1524 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
hmpsched.exe 1,212 K 452 K 1724 HitmanPro Scheduler SurfRight B.V.
svchost.exe 20,640 K 9,732 K 1748 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
AvastSvc.exe < 0.01 50,196 K 40,720 K 1896 avast! Service AVAST Software
spoolsv.exe < 0.01 6,808 K 3,428 K 2016 Spooler SubSystem App Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 13,252 K 5,088 K 2040 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
armsvc.exe 2,108 K 320 K 2092 Adobe Acrobat Update Service Adobe Systems Incorporated
FCUpdateService.exe 948 K 464 K 2184 Foxit Cloud Safe Update Service Foxit Software Inc.
svchost.exe 4,420 K 3,180 K 2232 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
id_service.exe < 0.01 27,364 K 7,608 K 2352 IDrive Service Prosoftnet
LSSrvc.exe 1,100 K 356 K 3144 LightScribe Service Hewlett-Packard Company
mbamscheduler.exe 5,260 K 4,276 K 3200 Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Malwarebytes Corporation
mbamservice.exe 0.76 194,432 K 82,692 K 3380 Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Malwarebytes Corporation
mbam.exe < 0.01 47,956 K 31,608 K 3624 Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Malwarebytes Corporation
McSACore.exe 16,936 K 3,208 K 3468 SiteAdvisor McAfee, Inc.
rundll32.exe 2,660 K 488 K 3976 Windows host process (Rundll32) Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1,000 K 332 K 3556 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 844 K 368 K 3704 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
SDUpdSvc.exe < 0.01 9,632 K 1,016 K 1908 Spybot-S&D 2 Background update service Safer-Networking Ltd.
svchost.exe 4,360 K 1,012 K 2964 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
SearchIndexer.exe < 0.01 40,536 K 7,496 K 3752 Microsoft Windows Search Indexer Microsoft Corporation
XAudio.exe 776 K 456 K 1644 Modem Audio Service Conexant Systems, Inc.
SDWSCSvc.exe 0.76 6,680 K 2,540 K 3876 Windows Security Center integration. Safer-Networking Ltd.
hpqWmiEx.exe 2,596 K 1,064 K 4432 hpqwmiex Module Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Com4QLBEx.exe 1,060 K 532 K 4896 Com for QLB application Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
svchost.exe 1,740 K 248 K 5564 Host Process for Windows Services Microsoft Corporation
HPHC_Service.exe 10,596 K 956 K 3496 HP Health Check Service Hewlett-Packard
NisSrv.exe 7,816 K 628 K 3740 Microsoft Network Realtime Inspection Service Microsoft Corporation
lsass.exe < 0.01 3,892 K 3,140 K 768 Local Security Authority Process Microsoft Corporation
lsm.exe 1,964 K 1,112 K 780 Local Session Manager Service Microsoft Corporation
csrss.exe < 0.01 2,280 K 5,856 K 724 Client Server Runtime Process Microsoft Corporation
winlogon.exe 2,024 K 508 K 856 Windows Logon Application Microsoft Corporation
explorer.exe 3.03 38,772 K 1,528 K 508 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation
Apoint.exe < 0.01 5,636 K 212 K 2652 Alps Pointing-device Driver Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
ApMsgFwd.exe 896 K 444 K 4732 ApMsgFwd Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
HPWAMain.exe 5,852 K 76 K 2692 HPWAMain Module Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
WiFiMsg.exe 1,784 K 84 K 1432 Module to process WiFi messages. Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
msseces.exe 6,020 K 92 K 2720 Microsoft Security Client User Interface Microsoft Corporation
id_bglaunch.exe < 0.01 23,592 K 292 K 2784 IDrive Background Prosoftnet
id_tray.exe 7.57 29,024 K 7,700 K 2852 IDrive Tray Prosoftnet
SDTray.exe < 0.01 17,208 K 1,084 K 2860 Spybot - Search & Destroy tray access Safer-Networking Ltd.
avastui.exe < 0.01 28,896 K 8,004 K 2896 avast! Antivirus AVAST Software
hkcmd.exe 1,592 K 76 K 2912 hkcmd Module Intel Corporation
igfxpers.exe 1,316 K 112 K 2944 persistence Module Intel Corporation
AntiLogger Free.exe < 0.01 22,692 K 1,520 K 3760 Zemana AntiLogger Free Zemana Ltd.
QLBCtrl.exe 6,124 K 76 K 2172 Quick Launch Buttons Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
igfxtray.exe 1,452 K 68 K 2456 igfxTray Module Intel Corporation
DivXUpdate.exe 9,516 K 136 K 3084 DivX Update
tinyspell+.exe 2,556 K 140 K 2820 tinySpell+ spell checker KEDMI Scientific Computing
ASCTray.exe 14,056 K 100 K 2428 Advanced SystemCare 8 IObit
LightScribeControlPanel.exe 3,124 K 84 K 2528 Hewlett-Packard Company
ehtray.exe 1,428 K 68 K 604 Media Center Tray Applet Microsoft Corporation
VoxOx.exe < 0.01 44,580 K 2,280 K 3720
memBoost.exe 5.30 22,260 K 968 K 3844 Rizonesoft Memory Booster
dragon.exe < 0.01 79,052 K 2,140 K 3584 Comodo Dragon Comodo
dragon.exe 27,328 K 112 K 5432 Comodo Dragon Comodo
dragon.exe 27,484 K 108 K 5192 Comodo Dragon Comodo
dragon.exe 40,800 K 284 K 940 Comodo Dragon Comodo
dragon.exe < 0.01 33,492 K 984 K 2800 Comodo Dragon Comodo
dragon.exe 36,336 K 112 K 5888 Comodo Dragon Comodo
dragon.exe 28,820 K 104 K 6096 Comodo Dragon Comodo
dragon.exe 28,692 K 108 K 2760 Comodo Dragon Comodo
dragon.exe 32,000 K 152 K 5056 Comodo Dragon Comodo
dragon.exe < 0.01 161,412 K 2,580 K 1488 Comodo Dragon Comodo
procexp.exe 2.27 20,912 K 20,940 K 5816 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
WINWORD.EXE 37,288 K 288 K 312 Microsoft Office Word Microsoft Corporation
Jarte.exe < 0.01 17,936 K 1,500 K 296 Jarte Plus Carolina Road Software L.L.C.
UninstallMonitor.exe 6,400 K 684 K 4596 IObit
RealTimeProtector.exe 11,720 K 688 K 6100 Real-time Protector
ApntEx.exe 1,540 K 84 K 5044 Alps Pointing-device Driver for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

Excuse me for how the process information looks.

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IObit.
Jan 24, 2015 1:52AM PST

I've lost count where it creates troubles.

And time to do the canned air work. Way overdue.
Bob

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Agree.
Jan 24, 2015 1:59AM PST

Lose IObit and use the canned air. Plenty of tutorials online.
Dafydd.

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(NT) Again, how much RAM do you have & what apps are you running?
Jan 24, 2015 1:56AM PST
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In response
Jan 24, 2015 9:35AM PST

I have two GB of RAM. At this moment, Comodo Dragon, Microsoft Word, Jarte, IDrive Preferences, and Memory Booster are running.

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You should add more RAM - 2 GB not enough
Jan 24, 2015 9:43AM PST

Go to http://www.crucial.com and download their tool to analyze your system. Then install and run it. It will give you options for upgrading. I'd go to at least 4 GB - that will make a big difference in performance, and it won't be that expensive.

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All of that running...
Jan 25, 2015 12:10PM PST

...and ONLY 2 GB of RAM?! You must be maxing out your RAM. And add to that some unneeded "memory booster" programs which may be slowing things down instead.

Also, are all these necessary for you? Is this a home computer or at office?

AntiLogger Free.exe < 0.01 22,692 K 1,520 K 3760 Zemana AntiLogger Free Zemana Ltd.

memBoost.exe 5.30 22,260 K 968 K 3844 Rizonesoft Memory Booster

AntiLogger Free.exe < 0.01 22,692 K 1,520 K 3760 Zemana AntiLogger Free Zemana Ltd.

memBoost.exe 5.30 22,260 K 968 K 3844 Rizonesoft Memory Booster

Monitor.exe 0.76 13,852 K 3,528 K 2420 Performance Monitor IObit

CCleaner.exe < 0.01 13,232 K 2,160 K 5660 CCleaner Piriform Ltd


I see you have this cloud service for online backup, cost $50 a year. Why not buy yourself a domain and host it. Domain is $5-20 or more depending on what you get, and hosting is cheap as $4-5 a month with unlimited storage. You use a domain registrar. You can then use FTP for file access direct in your browser if you wish, seem like it's right on your hard drive. You also gain ability to put up some webpages if wanted and an email system for your domain name.

id_service.exe < 0.01 27,364 K 7,608 K 2352 IDrive Service Prosoftnet
http://www.networkcomputing.com/storage/pro-softnet-expands-idrive-online-backup-offering-with-new-idrive-unlimited-providing-affordable-unlimited-online-data-storage/d/d-id/1232577?

I see you have both Avast and SpyBot installed. In past I know antivirus programs clashed with each other, can't say if that's still true or not. I also saw MalwareBytes, but it plays well with other malware detection programs usually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spybot_%E2%80%93_Search_%26_Destroy#Incompatibility_and_conflicts

RealTimeProtector.exe 11,720 K 688 K 6100 Real-time Protector

I don't know what it does, but part of the IObit software package Rob mentioned.

If fear of virus and trojan infections lead to having too many protective services running at the same time, conflicts can result.

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Most of the time this happens
Jan 26, 2015 3:31AM PST

it's because of stuff running at startup. Sometime when you install things they get set to run at startup. Stuff like itunes set thing to run at startup when you install. Plus if you keep the PC up without reboots you could experience memory leaks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_leak

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Also with that little ram
Jan 26, 2015 3:39AM PST

the more tabs you have open the slower your system will be. When you don't have alot of memory when you move to a new tab it puts the tabs into memory (Multi-tasks) if you run out of memory the it uses your paging file Windows Cache which is on your hard drive. So closing and moving to other tabs gets slow. The speed of memory chip is WAY faster then HD read and writes so this will slow you down. My old work machine was XP with 2 GB of ram and sometime it took 20 minutes to close a browser if i had a bunch of taps open. Now have Windows 7 with 8GB or ram with an I5 processor and it's super fast..