The ram allowance and the memory allocation

John0123

When looking at the laptop ram there is an allowance of 16 gb of ram of which 15.8 gb is available for use however when looking at the memory in the task manager there is only 3000 to 7000 being used and the task manager header is saying that I am using 70% - 98% when in actual fact its using less than half of the available memory, now I understand that these readings may not be correlated but now the storage has a few 10's of gb available on the 500 gb storage and just under 200 gb available on the 1 tb hardrive. The operating system is installed on the 500 gb storage system.

But now when using the computer if I have the chrome and bing browser open and multiple tabs open I am detecting myself a fair amount of system and or computer lag and now I want to know why and it shows in the task manager that there is almost 100 % memory usage but there's not. Where do I make the ram adjustment so that there is less lag/slowness/waiting? The internet speed is 30mbps up and 30mbps down. Also why is this my issue if I am the end user?

AnhEZ28

@John0123 based on the task manager picture, you can try to close dropbox, nordvpn, and uninstall Avira antivirus to get more RAM spaces, or you can upgrade to 32GB of RAM.

William_mk2

John0123

I understand you says "Where do I make the ram adjustment so that there is less lag/slowness/waiting? "

First of all we need to determine whether it is a hardware or software issue... 

Here are some of the steps to speed up your computer.  
Try windows + r -  on the run window - type msconfig  - click ok  click on servicescheck - hide all microsoft services click on disable allclick on startup disable all the startup items click on apply - ok  - restart the computer.     Loading process will be very fast now..
Note: You can always enable the services and startup items later or set it to normal startup from selective startup later on the General tab  
Try windows + r - on the run window - type appwiz.cpl  - click ok  it will show you the list of programsremove all the unwanted third party programs. Please don’t remove any drivers.  If you are not sure , please don’t remove it.  
Try windows + r - on the run window type temp - click ok -  it will show you the bunch of files -  try ctrl + a - select all files - press the shift key and click on delete files 
Try windows + r - on the run window type  %temp%  - click ok  - It will show you the bunch of files -  try ctrl + a - select all files - press the shift key and click on delete files 
If you are not able to remove some files - click on skip and then click click on continue.. 

Try windows + r  - on the run window - type cleanmgr - click okclick on all the boxes except recycle bin and thumnailDelete the items which are checked 
Try windows x - on the menu - chose command prompt admin or power shell admin click on yes on the blue or black window  type sfc /scannow It will be running till 100 %
Try to do a chrome reset open chromeclick on three dots on top right corner click on settingsScroll down - go to advancedclick on restore setting to defaultyou will see reset settings - cancelclick on reset settings Open chrome it will work faster now

Now please check the memory usage and the speedness of computer.

You can also increase the memory and the storage space on your computer. 

I would like to provide some additional info which will really help you. 
Kindly go through the details given below.  The info provided below will be very helpful to get the current memory and ssd details of your computer and the options to upgrade it.  
Please visit the website given below.  There is an option to  "start your scan "  and " select your computer " .  Please chose the options and try it.  It will show you the memory and SSD’s details and the best upgrade options for you.. 

https://www.crucial.com/

It will tell you what you currently have and what you can add for memory and SSD's. 
Note: If you decide to buy you can always compare the prices by visiting other websites or stores and then you can decide.  We are providing the info of scan app just to show you the upgrade options.  You can even download similar scan apps from other memory upgrade websites too.          
To check the compatibility of ram which you can use on your computer.. Get CPUz and check it with that in SPD section of all the RAM and specs that you have, its a quick and simple way to check all OEM specs and what you have in your system. 

If it is still not working then we have to do a refresh and reset
click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started 
or 
on start - type here to search - type reset this pc - click on reset this pc on the top  - click on get started 
It will show you keep my files and remove everythingchose keep my files chose the account - type the password - click on local reinstall - click on reset It will be in progress.. login to computer and start using the computer. If it is still not working 
click on start - settings - update and security - recovery - reset this pc - get started chose remove everything click on local reinstall - just remove my files - click on resetIt will be in progress
Note:
If you do refresh ( keep my files ) -  all your personal files like pictures, music , documents , videos  will still be intact.   Only the applications will be lost
If you do reset  ( remove everything )  - you are doing a factory default.   It will become like a day one computer.    It will wipe out everything and take your computer to day one like a new computer. 

You can also do the recovery in an alternative way..

There are two alt keys on the keyboard.  If you look at the bottom row of keyboard you can see the one on the left side of space bar and the other on the right side of space bar.  The alt key on the right side will be looking like alt, alt gr or alt car.  Turn off the computer.  Hold the alt key on the left and tap f10 continuously.   It will go to repair mode.  It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshoot.   If it is not going to repair mode, turn off the computer.  Turn on the computer.  Hold the right alt key ( alt gr or alt car or alt )  and then tap f10 continuously.  It will go to chose an option continue and troubleshoot..
It will show you chose an option, continue, troubleshootGo to troubleshoot  -  click on reset this pcclick on keep my files  ( only applications will be lost )   chose your account and type your password   - click on local reinstall  - click on resetIt will be in progress 
If the keep my files option is not working 
Go to troubleshoot  -  click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – just remove my files – click on reset It will reinstall windows. 
If the just remove my files is not working.. 
Go to troubleshoot  -  click on reset this pc – click on remove everything – click on local reinstall – Fully clean the drive – click on reset It will reinstall windows. 
Note: You can also go to chose an option , continue , troubleshoot by holding the alt key + tapping f10  or alt gr + tapping f10 on the keyboard while turning on the computer.    Once you see the troubleshoot option, you can stop tapping the f10 and stop holding the alt key.    Then you can try the keep my files and remove everything ( just remove by files and fully clean the drive ) by following the steps which was mentioned above. 

Even after the factory reset if you are facing the same issue then it might be a hardware related issue.   You might have to upgrade the memory, storage space on the computer. 

Easwar

Hi @John0123,

May I know the full model name of your unit.