Windows – Why is all the RAM being used by Aero

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I have a new Acer laptop. Specs are Windows 7 Ultimate (x86), 2GB RAM, Core i5 480M, HD6550 gfx (1GB dedicated memory) card and 600GB HDD.

Whenever I turn on the laptop, the computer is extremely slow and prone to crashing. I checked Task Manager and it seems that despite having no programs running, the RAM is 98% utilised.

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The odd thing is the processes listed do not account for the RAM which is used up. I did a memcheck on the RAM and no errors were found.

If I disable Aero then the RAM goes back down to a normal 25%. Any ideas? I like Aero, would suck if I can't use it.

Best Answer

actually you can click on the 'Show processes from all users' at the bottom left corner of the task manager to see a clearer picture. it seems to be a system process eating up the ram. you can also try using the Process Explorer tool from Sysinternals.

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