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Windows 8.1 100% Disk Usage after reboot

I recently refreshed my PC and newly installed Windows 8.1. After that I noticed the 100% Disk- and Memory-Usage. Then with the following commands I fixed the problem: SFC /scannow DISM /Online /...
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Why 2 1600MHz Makes 1333MHz & How to fix it?

I have 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Ram in my laptop(Dell Vostro). I bought another 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Ram and put it to my laptop. Now my laptop shows 8GB Ram as expected. But it show 1333MHz. Why is that? How to ...
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Windows is keeping large files I opened once in physical memory, in standby. How can I stop this?

I'm using Windows 8.1 64-bit, have 16gb of physical memory, and I understand why Windows wants to do this, but my specific case is really odd and annoying. For some reason, on occasion, when I open a ...
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High disk usage windows 8.1

i already read a lot of about 100% disk usage(50% because i have second disk) on windows machines but nothing help me. I figured out that i need to stop svchost.exe and ntdll.dll in it. Hovewer when i ...
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How much memory should Windows 6.2 use, and how much should be available to user applications?

With pagefile disabled and 4GB of memory allocated, Windows 6.2 (8 and Server 2012 with desktop experience) starts up using just under 1GB. As applications are loaded, memory usage reaches 3GB, at ...
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Laptop running too slow lately

I bought my laptop in late 2013 with the following configuration: Motherboard / model: NP-530U3C Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3217U CPU @ 1.80GHz RAM: 4GB DDR3 Hard drive: 500 GB 5400 RPM + 24GB SSD OS: ...
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64GB SSD has a 12GB Pagefile

I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and it came with a 64GB SSD as the main harddrive (note: Surface only has this drive, like a tablet). I am trying to free up some more space on my harddrive and ...
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Low ram in windows 8.1 update

Recently I have so much problem with windows 8.1 updated I even reinstall new one but I still have the problem. My problem is that with even 4 gig of ram my system goes on low ram and force closing ...
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Windows 8.1 memory leak which is invisible in process monitor and poolmon

After trying around for days, googling about everything and trying a lot I am left clueless. I have a Razer 2013 Blade Pro with 8GB ram. I have 30 GB allocated for additional virtual ram. My system ...
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What is the cause and disadvantages of high memory usage as time passes on Windows 8.1? [duplicate]

My laptop is used in long time intervals without restarting. The OS tends to use extensive memory (~8GB) as time passes. Below are screenshots of two different states with exactly the same programs ...
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Windows 8 64bit say low memory while 4+Gb free

I have windows 8.1 64 bit, 8Gb ram. My Task Manager shows 49% used ram, but I still get messages like "Windows is low memory, we recomend to close application". It always says that about the ...
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