"System and compressed memory" is very high for no reason

axe0 said:

to the op, please go to the performance tab in task manager, how much is reserved for hardware?

72.9 mb.

Is that too low?

No, it i s fine. Axe just wondered, if you have few GB reserved (probably - I'm guessing).

BTW, you should post a picture from performance tab in task manager. Just to show the configuration of memory.

Here you go.

Looks normal to me. Windows will use more memory with systems that have more available. You should monitor usage and if it is high again, try to identify what service uses it.
Anti-virus are sometimes causing this (reinstall helps).

Here you go. Thanks again for the help.

While the "System and compressed memory" entry is the largest in the list with 200 MB we must put that into perspective. That is only about 2.5% of the 8 GB total memory and clearly not the problem. Best to ignore that.

Be aware that there are some very significant users of memory that are not processes and will not appear in any process list. Some do not appear in Task Manager at all.

Post a screenshot of Task Manager - Performance tab, showing memory information. That is the best place to start with memory problems.