@ ThePinkLady
Hi,
Thanks for the excellent screenshot.
I had a look at it and in general there isn't too much that stands out to be a problem.
The figures for the "Private bytes" are not true memory, only what has been allocated for a particular process.
Having said that, there are a few you may want to look into:
1. The process MSMpEng.exe - that belongs to either Windows One Care or Windows Defender.
As is often the case with anti-malware programs ,they use a lot of memory while scanning,
even if just background scanning.
You may want to have a look at the settings of Windows Defender and its scanning schedule.
2.You may want to consider turning off SearchIndexer.exe - Not an excessive memory consumer,
but can cause drag on your system.Turn off if not required.Search results will only be slightly slower.
3.As you can see Internet Explorer has 4 threads going. Not unusual for a lot of newer browsers,
but it does add up.Nothing to be concerned about ,so long as you actually have it visiible >
IOW ,either as an open window or minimized.
Can you confirm that you had IE running at the time you took the shot?
If not ,then they were hidden instances of IE and I would be concerned about malware activity.
BTW, to do the Black Viper reg tool settings - Open the first URL that descriibes the processes.
Place it on one side of the screen (taking up half of it.)
Decide what kind of user you are and follow that column.
Next open the URL for your edition of win7 (I think it's 64 bit judging by ProcessExplorer)
Place that window in the other half of your screen.
Having them side-by-side ,you can now apply the settings to the reg tool columns according
to the recommended settings in the other pane.
Unfortunately ,so far I haven't seen anything suspicious, although some things can hide under svchost.exe processes.
but even those are not excessive in either memory or CPU - at least not in the screenshot.
Let's see if we get anywhere trimming some services.
BTW ,before you do anything - Set a System Restore point, if things don't work out exactly how you wanted.
Also make a backup of the Registry
How to Backup Registry in Windows 7
and save as .reg file, even on a USB flash drive or other external media.
You may also want to look at this page
Super Tweaks for Windows 7 by Black Viper
Pete.