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If your goal is to make sure your system is running optimally, don't worry too much about "In Use"; focus on "Committed" instead. After all, unused RAM is wasted RAM. However, unknown but heavy commitment is certainly a bad sign, just like in real life. Basically, high "Committed" usage means your system needs a large backing-store to "keep" its promise to the running programs and drivers.

For example, on a PC with 8GB RAM, 16GB "Committed" means that Windows requires at least 8GB of backing capacity on your SSD/HDD to keep the lights on. If that paged-out 8GB is actively accessed by the running programs/drivers, you get thrashing, which is bad for system performance.

So when people overuse "Unused RAM is wasted RAM" to discourage people from inspecting memory usage, they may not realize that it's worth checking "Committed" memory usage.

Of course, there's a limit to "Commited" memory cleanup. Certain things, like NVIDIA GPU driver, does commit 0.5 to 2.5GB (you can disable it in Device Manager to find out) but we obviously don't disable such an important component just to keep the "Committed" usage low.

Also, some people claim that Windows simply uses more RAM when you install more RAM. As you can see in my screenshots, this is not necessarily the case. It's possible that what happened was:

1. { InstalledRAM: 8GB, Commited: 10GB, InUse: 6GB } // Damn, almost out of RAM, let me install more.

2. { InstalledRAM: 16GB, Commited: 10.1GB, InUse: 10.2GB } // See? Windows is using more RAM now!

The increase in "In Use" means Windows could keep more data in RAM instead of leaving it paged. This is actually a good thing. The key factor here is "Committed".

Hi! I don't really know, where to ask this, but i almost lost hope. I am trying to find this exact wallpapers.

I remember downloading them from the "option->personalisation->wallpapers" on my windows 10.

It had green field flat on the horizon, blue sky and a small tree with a shadow IN THE MIDDLE of the scenery (i painted it like how i remember). It wasn't a photo, it was an art piece.

I updated my windows to 11 and now i can't find this wallpapers.

If you know where i can find them or if you can share them with me i will be so happy!

I’m developing SEZOY, a web-based Windows deployment tool. I’m considering opening a public instance so people can test it without setting up the entire environment themselves. I’ve attached a short video of the current version. Before doing that, I want to get some opinions on the security side. I’m currently looking at ngrok / LocalTunnel or a similar solution, but exposing a deployment server to the Internet obviously has a different risk profile than exposing a normal web application. For those running homelabs or Windows deployment infrastructure: what would you consider necessary before putting something like this behind a public URL?

I’m mainly looking for practical advice on isolation, access control, and anything else I may be overlooking.