Windows 10: Large amount of Paged Pool memory usage over time

I have been fighting with this for some time and I can't figure out what it is. Over time, my Paged Pool memory usage keeps climbing until eventually I have to reboot to clear it out. It is a tough problem to search for because most people seem to have a problem with non-paged pool memory and all of those problems get included in the search results.

I have 32GB of RAM and once the paged pool reaches around 18GB or so it starts to bog down and get sluggish. And when I say 18GB, I mean 18GB with nothing open. I have my typical tray stuff, which I have tried killing, but nothing releases the RAM. I have let it climb all the way to 32GB before, but then the computer becomes useless and took about a half hour or so to shut down.

When I run Rammap it shows that paged pool is huge, and in the process list there is a process called MemCompression that has an extremely large amount of RAM in use. Not the full size of the paged pool, but definitely really big.

There are several threads talking about using Poolmon to track down processes using lots of paged or non-paged pool memory, but the process on mine that is extremely large has a tag of Se, which is tough to search for in the strings because virtually every file has Se in it somewhere.

Right now I just rebooted again, so the usage is back to "normal" (if you consider 11GB memory in use normal for just having Chrome open) and my paged pool is around 2GB or so. It will increase again by this evening, so I will get some screen grabs of the Rammap and the process list. Any other screens I can grab that might help?

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Paged Pool Memory Increasing Over Time

hi

i haven't updated windows yet. few days back, i didn't have this issue. in task manager, background processes are showing they are not responsible, just the "paged pool" size is increasing. i don't know what might cause it. all my drivers are updated i believe.





(now it is 1.5gb)

 

Paged Pool Memory Increasing Over Time

Hi Sadik,

High memory consumption may have occurred due to non updated components. We would recommend that you install the latest update for Windows 10. You can check the article about Windows 10 Update History.

To check for updates, select the Start button and then go to Settings
> Update & security > Windows Update, and select
Check for updates.

Kindly check this article:
May 9, 2017—KB4019472 (OS Build 14393.1198).

Let us know if you still encounter this issue after installing the latest build for Windows 10.

 

Try this (free) Sourceforge memory leak detection tool: I've seen it mentioned, used, and praised in other threads here (and in EightForums) as well as on the Microsoft forums: Windows Leaks Detector.
HTH,
--Ed--