Computer Memory 95% Slowing Down Computer

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This is a home computer which is pretty old but is only used for basic web browsing and what not. Currently has Windows 7 on it and hasn't had much problems until they released Windows 10. I have scanned it, removed Malware and what not and it has no insane viruses, etc. However, I notice when it does become extremely slow, I try and get to the microsoft process after 15 minutes (that's how slow). I see that normally 1 or 2 svchost processes are THROUGH THE ROOF with memory which is using up 95% of the physical memory. I have no idea why and the only way to stop it is to restart the computer. Even then, the Disk is constantly running, CPU constantly running, and the Memory is about 40% used even when doing nothing after starting up.
 
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Are there scheduled tasks that you are unaware of, that operate two days of the week and eat up all available RAM? I would certainly suspect it. The next time this happens, have a gander through your task scheduler and see if there are any coinciding scheduled events, like updates or disk optimizations or something.
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Kind of need to share your computer specs. If your running a 4 GB memory system then thats not a surprise... if you have a 8GB memory system then that should be ok; if you have 6GB memory your starting to get in the area of possible issues but maby you can take some of the start up programs off the start up boot schedule.

You kind of want to make sure your drivers are all upto date. the interweb is always pushing new code out. FYI.... i wouldn't upgrade to win10 with an older rig; in my experience no one seems to be making win10 drivers for older rigs.


1) anywayz.... check your hard drive to rule out hardware issues(Crystal disk info and/or hard disk sentinel)
2) also check your memory sticks with memtest or onboard tests. your manufacture site should have some info about that.
3) do a basic "clean"
Ccleaner
Malwarebytes
antivirus
defrag
start/run: type "msconfig" goto the boot up tab and turn off all the programs you can manually start

make sure you are not running 2 different anti virus programs.

update drivers. either from your manufacture site or some of the driver tools.
Iobit has one(but unistall it after with Revo unistaller and do the scanning functions after)
intel has a driver updater tool
you can run wisecare365 and or Advanced system care from Iobit(run revo unistaller after using)

after all that do ccleaner again and a defrag. i use auslogics but there are many defrag programs if you don't want to use the windows defragger.
 
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Well, it has been updating fine as time has gone on and it hasn't updated in a little while, but I haven't seen that as an issue. I can try this.

 
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Here are specs:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
AMD Athlon II X2 240 2.8GHz
3.00GB Ram

So, far I am already doing another Malwarebytes clean along with a CCleaner, I just defragged a week ago (wasn't bad at all), and I stopped all startup programs that can be started manually. Will do the other checks on mem and hard disk

 
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3GB of ram with a dual-core CPU running Win7 64bit.

The OS and basic services of a newer 64-bit version of Windows typically needs about 2-2.5gb of ram alone, 3gb on a bad day, let alone any other programs that may be running. Web browsing, especially with flash-based ads and videos everywhere, can quickly eat up your remaining ram, forcing you to rely heavily on your page file, making everything feel sluggish and slow. This is why, for 64-bit systems, 4GB tends to be the minimum and a recommended of 6GB+, if your system is old enough to support the now defunct triple-channel set up, have a pair of 3GB sticks, or for some weird reason, have three 2gb sticks.

The problem is compounded by having a dual-core CPU. If there was enough free RAM in the system, you wouldn't notice. One core for the OS, one core for the web browsing. However, since you're running out of RAM, it's taking one core to run the OS, and the other core to constantly process and flush the RAM, writing it to the page file on your hard drive, and then reading it immediately after, repeatedly. And now, you're out of cores to do your web browsing.

SVChost is practically the basis of your OS. It needs that RAM and pretty much reserves it for the OS to use. I wonder if there's other things making the slowdown even worse, like a potential memory leak or hidden services.
 
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Then how come after about 6 years with this pc, this is all of a sudden happening? In addition, it was a store bought computer so we haven't changed anything inside of the computer since we bought it. Everything has been flawless up to this point randomly.
Edit: Might be like 10 years actually hahaha.
 
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Voltage degrades components over time. Every component has a point of failure. Although components are usually manufactured well above what a "minimum spec" would look like, they still have a life span. A computer that's 6 years old is kinda ancient, and a computer that's 10 years old is nearly prehistoric. Everything had been flawless until components hit the point of failure, and now there is stuff that just doesn't work right anymore. It's normal. Electronics don't have an infinite lifespan. Also, this was a store-bought computer, meaning the quality of the individual components is questionable at best, save the CPU and GPU.

Now I'm not saying that your computer behaving this way is normal for its age, but a lot of the evidence points to it being the case. It's happened to me before.

On second thought, this might help.
 
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Also periodically it works great, and fine. However, on about 2 days of the week it does this where it runs out of ram.
The computer is used on average maybe 2 hours a day.
 
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Are there scheduled tasks that you are unaware of, that operate two days of the week and eat up all available RAM? I would certainly suspect it. The next time this happens, have a gander through your task scheduler and see if there are any coinciding scheduled events, like updates or disk optimizations or something.
 
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Hailmerry7

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I honestly have no idea what im looking for when I am in there, because I have looked there before.
Edit: And i watched the video and there is no NDU service in Windows 7. But, I will amke sure my Superfetch is disabled.
 
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