Too many msedge processes in task manager.

Hi Gartheal -

I'm Jerico T., I understand that you're having some issues right now and I'd be more than happy to help you today.

About the Microsoft Edge process, having many process tab is normal. Microsoft Edge is just making sure that if one of the tabs/process crashes, the rest of the tabs will remain open, unlike before, if any of the tabs crash, it will take down the whole browser completely. You can rest assured that your Microsoft Edge is running well.

About your concern that your computer is taking up 40% of your memory even when you're doing nothing, kindly try to perform method 1, and for the slow internet, let's try to check your Network adapters.

Method 1: Perform Clean Boot

• This process will eliminate 3rd party application running in the background of your computer along with services that are not needed to run windows. If there's any conflicting 3rd party application that causes the issue on your computer, this process will stop it. Click the link below for the steps.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-t...

Method 2: Run the troubleshooter

1. Open settings by pressing windows key + I
2. Select Update and security
3. On the left pane select Troubleshoot
4. Under Additional Troubleshooter, click Network adapters and click the Run the troubleshooter button

Method 3: Roll-back driver

1. Open run box by pressing Windows Key + R and type devmgmt.msc then hit enter
2. Locate and expand Network adapters
3. Right-click on the driver and select Update driver
4. Select Browse my computer for drivers
5. Select Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer
6. Select any older driver from the list and click next
7. Wait for the process to complete, once completed, restart your computer and check if it resolves your issue.

Feel free to reach back if you need any further assistance.

Hope this help. Have a good day.

Thank you,

Jerico T.

Hi Jerico,

Thank you for your timely reply!

Unfortunately I've tried all these 3 steps and am still left with 40%+ when starting my computer.

Below is an image of the programmes creating the most memory. Before I opened MS Edge it was 39% (in the image below only 2 tabs are open). Is there another way to minimise the amount of memory I'm using? It causes some programmes to load slower than when I first purchased the laptop.

Ah, and my CPU fluctuates quite a lot from 1% to 20%, just by moving the mouse around. Is this normal too? (sorry for some possible simply questions, I know almost nothing about this)

I really appreciate your help.

Gartheal

My computer has 8GB of RAM and is using 79% of memory without Edge even being open. Everything from Antivirus to Steam uses RAM

When I do open Edge there are 5 or 6 processes open without extensions but memory usage only goes to 82%.

So I think having more than 2 processes open is normal. Maybe things like sync has their own process?

Even with all these processes open it doesn't seem to be effecting performance.

Edge itself is not to blame for your memory usage, its your antivirus, system processes and other programs you have running in the background. Mcafee alone is known to be a resource hog. Worst antivirus in existance

Hi Gartheal -

Thank you for the detailed response. Yes, the CPU fluctuation is normal, will fluctuate at some high point but eventually, will return to normal. As for the memory, let's try to disable or uninstall some third-party antivirus software, in your case is the McAfee., then observe if the memory consumption will change.

Regards,

Jerico T.

Hi Jerico,

I have disabled it (but not uninstalled it), and still have the same issues. It seems even when I haven't opened MS Edge, there are several processes running in task manager. What's the next step?

Gartheal