Windows 10: OneDrive Excessive RAM and CPU usage

My onedrive is using almost 5GB of memory and sometimes 20% of my CPU. I use much heavier softwares to work like photoshop and sketchup, and none of these use that much RAM. My PC is using Windows 10 10.0.1945AMD Ryzen 5 560016GB Ram

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Ram and CPU shoot to really high usage when running small programs

Hi

Welcome to Microsoft community.

There could be several reasons why your CPU and RAM usage are spiking even when running small programs. Here are a few suggestions to help you troubleshoot and potentially resolve the issue:

1. Check for malware: Run a full system scan using reliable antivirus software to ensure that your computer is not infected with any malware or viruses that could be causing excessive CPU and RAM usage.
   
2. Update drivers: Make sure that all your device drivers, including graphics and chipset drivers, are up to date. Outdated or incompatible drivers can sometimes cause high CPU usage.
   
3. Monitor background processes: Use the Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) to check which processes or applications are using the most CPU and RAM resources. You can end unnecessary processes or applications that are consuming excessive resources.
   
4. Check for system updates: Ensure that your operating system and software applications are up to date. Updates often include problem fixes and optimizations that can help improve system performance.
   
5. Disable unnecessary startup programs: Use the Task Manager or System Configuration tool (type “msconfig” in the Run dialog box) to disable any unnecessary programs that automatically start when your computer boots up. These programs can consume system resources even when not in use.
   
   Disclaimer: A “clean boot” starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. It helps to determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program and to isolate the cause of a problem. These steps of "clean boot" might look complicated at first glance. However, to avoid any trouble for you, please follow them in order and step-by-step so that it will help you get you back on track.
   
   If the problem disappears after performing a clean startup, you can use the steps in the link above to narrow it down and check which program is causing the disturbance.
   
6. Adjust power settings: Your computer’s power settings may be set to prioritize power savings over performance. Adjust the power plan settings to a higher performance option to allow your CPU to run at its full potential.
   

Please feel free to let me know if you have any further updates, thanks.

Best regards

Derrick Qian | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

 

RAM leaks and high CPU usage

Sorry to seem so negative, folks, but am I the only one who thinks it's disgraceful that the onus seems continually to be on users to fix the ridiculous RAM leaks and high CPU usage problems that were caused by the Fall 2017 Creators Update?

I received the Creators Update for Windows 10 Pro near the end of the year -- not surprisingly, since I'm currently living in eastern Europe. Installation went smoothly, but from the outset, I began experiencing significantly higher RAM and CPU usage. These
were issues that I'd not experienced before. I did a bit of research, and discovered that the errors don't really seem to depend on system hardware or idiosyncratic configurations. Instead, the problems appear to lie clearly with the update itself.

I'm lucky enough to have a very robust system: i7 Haswell-E 5820, factory overclocked and liquid-cooled; 32 GB of RAM; GTX-980; fast SSD as my program drive, etc. I also have a Rainmeter skin that shows me RAM and CPU usage in real time. On boot, I used
to see only about 2.25 GB of RAM being used; CPU would settle to 1-2%. Since the Creators Update, RAM usage on boot is routinely from a low of about 4.25 GB to as much as 7.5 GB, and CPU usage regularly shows prolonged inexplicable intervals of 20 - 35% usage,
and occasionally even more.

I've tried the various suggested measures to alleviate the problems, with minimal (and only temporary) success at best. I've had no success at all in trying to get information directly from Microsoft through Support. It's worth noting that all the various
suggestions to deal with these problems involving taking steps to cripple Windows functionality in order to reduce system overheads, thereby depriving users of some of the very benefits the OS is supposed to provide. Microsoft doesn't seem to be bothered by
that; in fact, it seem quite content to allow users to flounder around in the mess created by the update.

Does anyone have a definitive solution for the RAM leakage and CPU usage problems (short of turning to an alternative OS)? Is there any word as to whether Microsoft will address these problems soon?

Moved from: [Windows / Windows 10 / Windows settings]

 

excessive cpu usage

When I use Microsoft solitaire the cpu usage rapidly ramps up to as high as 80% causing the fan to absolutely race. This is new ion the last few days. Nothing else seems to cause this. Any suggestions?

dave