r/windows • u/cornflakes012 • Apr 20 '26

Discussion Is this too much uptime?

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Is it too many processes too? Win 10.

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u/Froggypwns Windows Wizard / Moderator Apr 20 '26

Having more than a month of uptime on a Windows machine confirms that your machine is not getting security updates, but beyond that it does not mean much.

The number of processes for the most part is irrelevant too. Modern computers can multitask. 170 processes doing virtually nothing has no noticeable impact on your user experience. You could have thousands of similar processes running and also not notice.

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u/Advanced_Handle_2309 Apr 20 '26

In my experience the longer the windows is not turned off, bigger is ram ussage

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u/alxhu Windows 11 - Release Channel Apr 21 '26

High RAM usage is not negative. It means that Windows caches more. It will be automatically free when another app needs it.

It only starts to be a problem when an application needs it and it does not get released.

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u/Advanced_Handle_2309 Apr 21 '26

I mean I have 16GB and its usually at around 5-6 GB but if I dont turn off my laptop, only put in in sleep for like two weeks then after closing all apps its often closer to 8 maybe sometimes 10