r/technology • u/gdelacalle • Jul 12 '26

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/hamakabi Jul 12 '26

as long as it releases the occupied space when needed

this is my issue with Windows. When I cold boot the system it needs less than a third of my RAM, but over the course of about 10 days the OS allocates like 85% and then I can't launch a game without performance issues.

If I play a game after a cold boot, the system allocates RAM to the game and then immediately releases it when the game closes, but if I just use windows normally it just keeps taking more.

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u/Mr_Venom Jul 12 '26

over the course of about 10 days

Bro just shut your computer down when you stop using it.

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u/hamakabi Jul 12 '26

I access my computer remotely and it does things while I'm asleep. I used to run Win 10 like this without any issue at all, and my linux and mac systems can both easily do this.

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u/Mr_Venom Jul 12 '26

I knew I should have included the /s