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I have a very high number of duplicate processes running in Task Manager; under "Apps", "Background Processes" & "Windows Processes". Most of them are tagged "low" or "very low" power usage but overall, still using around 84-85% of memory.
For example, under "Apps", MS Edge shows 14 processes but I've only got 4 tabs open in Edge.
Which duplicate processes can I safely end?
Thanks for your advice
It is normal for apps like Edge to spawn many sub-processes, they are multi-threaded apps that divide up the main process into sub-processes that can run ion the various cores and threads on your processor, which actually makes Windows faster.
Start your PC and do not open any apps.
Open Task Manager, then select the Performance tab, then select Memory on the left side.
Please provide a screenshot of that window.
Hi, thanks for getting back to me. I restarted my laptop and here's a screenshot of the processes. I'd like to know if there are any processes, in particular duplicate ones that I can safely end. Thanks again for your assistance
and processes by memory. I use OneDrive to save all my files etc.
Thank you for those screenshots, I need to see a different tab in Task Manager.
Open Task Manager, then select the Performance tab, then select Memory on the left side.
Please provide a screenshot of that window.
sorry Dave, my bad .. didn't read your instructions properly! see below
Thank you for that screenshot, your RAM usage looks correct for Windows 10, Windows 10 is very resource hungry, 8GB of RAM is the minimum requirement for Windows 10, Windows by itself will use about 4GB of RAM then there is also some RAM set aside for hardware, then when you open some apps, that will fill up your RAM.
thanks Dave for looking into this
So there aren't any duplicate processes I can safely end to make my laptop run faster?
That is correct, I do not see anything wrong with the process list you have provided.
