High Memory Usage at Startup

For starters - please read this (the "RAM Optimizers/Defragmenters" section) to find out why using "memory optimizers" is a bad idea.

Unless you experience performance problems because of low memory there is no need to worry. What probably happens is the Vista's Superfetch mechanism attempts to load data into memory in advance so programs would work faster (for example it monitors which programs you usually run and loads some of their parts into memory). Additionally, the more RAM you have the more conservative Windows is in releasing data from it (since the data might be  needed again and the process of loading data to memory is time consuming). More information can be found here (should apply to earlier versions of Windows as well).

How can you tell if ou have enough RAM? Check here (the "Do You Have Enough Memory?" section). In short download and run Process Explorer, click View -> System Information and check the "Physical Memory" section.

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Does the issue occur in safe mode?

Method 1 : Put the computer in Safe mode and see if the issue persists:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

Method 2: Clean boot

If the issue does not repeat in Safe mode then there is likely that a startup item or service is causing the issue. Follow the steps found on the following link to pinpoint the item or service causing the error:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Cody C

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maybe you didn't read the question correctly. my system uses the 75% ram at startup when i haven't opened even one of those apps.

If you're running all those tools in parallel it is no wonder that your Windows uses more RAM.

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I Have to Run Many Applications which use High Memory Like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe AfterEffects, Audacity, Virtual DJ, Sun Virtualbox at once, so I need lots of memory, why do you think I got an iMac, I need high performance, I have Mac OS but I don't know how to use it. Any other solution? My Current RAM Usage is About 50% (1GB)