Very interesting point…
My Samsung np300e7a laptop (Win7 Ultimate - 6Gb RAM) does NOT suffer the same way that my dell desktop does (Win7 Dell XPS 3100 8Gb RAM i7 processor - see below)
On the desktop (Win7 Prof) the WDFME process, if left to run, will use up to 90% of available RAM (eg the desktop will run like a dog, I will stop the WDFME process, and the used RAM will then drop from 98% to 9%)
One the laptop, if I leave the WDFME process running, it never uses more than c25% RAM
Is this because the laptop has Win7 Ultimate? Or just because it has a different motherboard design?
Hope this helps
Alex
AlexRJ wrote:
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No (Win7 Prof 64-bit - apparently doesn’t have bitlocker…)
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not as far as I am aware - maybe am backing up My Docs (is this encrypted automatically by my Windows login?)
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there are some zip files nested within the folders that are being backed up
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Just the one - MS Software Shadow Copy provider 1.0 - version 1.0.0.7 - HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT VSS SERVICE IS *NOT* TURNED ON (it requires a manual start)
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Source Partitions is NTFS
Hope this helps - fingers crossed re: a fix, as am getting fed up with having to stop the WDFME process so I can get down from 98% RAM Usage to 9%… (makes my PC run faster! - its got 8Gb RAM)
Anyone that is having a high memory issue can you tell me the following (it would be helpful for verification):
- Is Bit Locker turned on?
- Are you backing up encrypted files/folders?
- Are you backing up compressed files/folders?
- Can you also collect the list of VSS providers that are installed on the systems and provide? From an administrative command prompt type: vssadmin list providers
- Are your source partitions are Fat32, exFat, or external USB drives?'
We are currently targeting a major overhaul for the 1.6.x version, there will not be a 1.5.5.x as referenced in my previous posts. This release should follow the release of 1.5.4.x that features a new installer.
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Thanks, your post here was very helpful.
