Windows 10: Windows 10 Memory leak on 1809 and 1903

Recently I started having high memory usage on my systems, since updates to 1809. I went through all the normal steps of virus checking and driver updates even to the point of replacing a video card to afford most recent Nvidia updates.


I have one system running 1809 and my other at 1903. Both systems have 24gb of memory which provides me with a bit of breathing room. On the system running 1903 I had updated from 1809 in hopes of eliminating the problem but to no avail.


After many attempts to solve the problem by regedits and driver changes, I downloaded Poolmon and was able to isolate the offending service. On both systems the results are the same, NETIO.sys is crunching up nonpaged memory and never releasing it.


As a test I disabled my network adaptors on one system and the lost memory stopped increasing. I added a usb WiFi adaptor and disabled the LAN adaptors suspecting that maybe the LAN adaptors were faulty drivers but the WiFi adaptor had the same result as the LAN's.


I don't know where to go from here as my only option is regular reboots to restore memory to a workable state. On the 1903 system I run video surveillance with 12 cameras and the rate of lost memory affords me about 8 hrs. between reboots although memory usage is up to 90% average which dramatically slows the system.



I am hoping that there is a simple fix as I am sure others are experiencing the same problem. Love to hear from anyone with success in resolving this problem.

:)

 

Possible Memory Leaks in Windows 10

A memory leak occurs when an application closes and fails to release all its RAM back to the operating system.

The first step in dealing with a memory leak is to determine which application is leaking memory.

The next step is to contact that application's technical support with complete details of the memory leak, since the developers will want to fix the problem ASAP.

 

Windows Media Player in Windows 10 build 1809 - 17763.55 has a memory leak

Windows Media Player in Windows 10 build 1809 - 17763.55 has a memory leak and eventually runs out of memory and stops playing.

What can I do to fix this?

 

Memory leak issue

The term "memory leak" means that an application fails to return all its RAM to the operating system when it exits. The leftover RAM is unusable to the operating system.

Step one is to identify the application that is leaking memory. Step two is to contact the application's developers and provide as much detailed data on the memory leak as you can. For example: which processes are still in RAM after the application exits
and how much RAM they occupy. Application developers never want their applications to leak memory and they will be grateful for the details you provide, particularly if they can replicate the leak on their own computers.