When I use Windows 7, whenever I boot up my computer the RAM starts around 1.18 GB and if I leave it on for just under a day or so (because I always have my laptop on) the RAM will jump up into the 2.8 GB region and when I look at my processes there is deffinately no reason for why it is doing it. So I guess my question is, why is this happening and is there any ways that i can keep my RAM low and lower it when its high besides restarting... ------------------ my computer ------------------- HP Pavilion dv7t Notebook 64 bit OS Intel Core Duo P8600 @ 2.4GHz 4 GB RAM 8.28 GB Virtual Memory

Memory leaks. Use perfmon to diag. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

Less is more! Memory is there for one thing - to be used albeit efficiently. The problem with Windows -- hitherto Vista & above -- was: The memory management approach was lacking in some ways & noticeably inefficient, leaving the average Windows machine prone to things like memory leaks & degradable responsiveness as hinted by jefro. With Vista & Windows 7, M$ decided to implement a rather different approach to memory management within the OS. The reason for the overly aggressive nature you've observed regarding your system's memory management is because it consistently caches (frequently) used application/data from your HDD via the Superfetch feature. And the end result is: your machine is much more responsive because the machine is not constantly having to request information from the HDD whenever the data is needed. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/ar... Jabbering Idiots: Everywhere You Look!

OK, Disable superfetch and see if it does the same thing. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind... I made an assumption that might be wrong. I figured that you simply turned on system and after a day the memory goes way up. With superfetch it should only do that when you use programs or switch active windows. Many people don't care for it and disable it systems with 4 gig or less. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/... "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10