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RAM compression on WindowsForum.com centers on how Windows memory compression works and why Task Manager reports compressed RAM as memory in use. The tagged discussion explains that Windows squeezes less-active data into a smaller space in RAM, giving the system another option before falling back to slower storage access, and notes that Microsoft says the mechanism has been part of Windows since the original Windows 10 release. Rather than treating compressed memory as a problem to disable, the thread argues for understanding what the number actually indicates and leaving the feature alone on most PCs.
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    Windows Memory Compression Explained: What Task Manager’s Compressed RAM Really Means

    Windows memory compression has a public-relations problem: it appears in Task Manager as RAM being used, then turns up in online lists of things to disable to “free” RAM. But the memory in question is often doing useful work. Windows can squeeze less-active data into a smaller space in RAM...