[Memory Usage Goes Up Gradually (Memory Leak)]

Hi there,

I had the same issue with Windows Vista Ultimate x64 and Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

I had 4GB of RAM and if my computer was on for the whole day, in the evening hours my memory usage was over 90%.

In my situation the problem was in Eset NOD32 Antivirus x64. When I've uninstalled NOD32 Antivirus, my issues were gone.

I see that you are using Avast antivirus. Try to uninstall Avast, just for a test and see what happens.

I would also try to uninstall TuneUp utilities.

If neither helps, try to use 'msconfig' to disable all non-Microsoft startup items and services and see if the problem persists.

4 days ago I uninstalled Avast and installed another security software (Avira) , but the problem occured again

And about Tune Up utilities : I Installed this software 1 day ago but this problem started for me 2 weeks ago with no luck in solving it yet

maybe I'll try disabling other services

[Memory Usage Goes Up Gradually (Memory Leak)]

Memory Usage Goes Up Gradually (Memory Leak)

When I starting the Windows (in the first few hours) everything is normal But after 1 day or 2 (sooner or later) the amount of available memory gradually goes down and the physical memory usage increasing. This increasing, continues until the memory usage reaches near the 88% and at that point , there isn't any memory available to operate any software . Also when memory reaches that point, I can't access any drive in the HDD; because everytime I want to open any folder, the following error appears :

c:\ is not accessible.

Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service

At this point, I even can't shutdown or restart Windows normally; I must restart windows manually by pressing the restart button. after restart, everything goes to normal again; but this problem appears again and again ... (I had to restart Windows every 1 or 2 days)

here is the screenshots of processes and performance tabs in the Task Manager (at 88% memory usage)

You can see that there is no software(application) that uses this amount of memory :

my system :

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OS : Windows 7 Ultimate x86

Cpu : Intel P4 3.0GHz

Vga : nVidia 6600

MB : Gigabyte GA-8I915G Duo

PSU : Corsair 750W

RAM : 2GB DDR-400 Transcend

(I have these memories for 2 years)

Physical Memory: 2000 mb

Paging File: 2000 mb

Virtual Memory: 6000 mb

I already did the following actions but unfortunately none of them helped me :

0- using some optimizing and freeing softwares like (Memory Booster Gold - RAM Saver Pro - CleanMem)

1- Scanning my computer with antivirus and antispywares

2- Changing antivirus software

3- Updating windows with all updates available via Windows Update

4- Updating drivers of all hardwares

5- Downloading and installing the following hotfixes that are related to memory leak :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976658

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977357

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978042

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978155

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979223

6- Using CClenaer for clearing everything and using memtest86+ for finding any possible error in memory

And here is screenshot from Process Explore (from Sysinternals Suite) at 90% memory usage :

So is there anything that I can do to solve this problem ? any solution ? hotfixe ? trick ? suggestion ? anything ? ...