Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation

From	David <wibble@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.homebuilt
Subject	Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation
Date	2026-06-23 09:55 +0000
Message-ID	<n9v3heFbucoU14@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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I have started getting "out of memory" or similar errors, mainly in Chrome.
Apparently this is a "thing".

However when I check with Task Manager the memory usage is generally 
between 70% and 75%.
To my mind 25%-30% free should be enough head room.

Anyone else encountered this?

Cheers



Dave R

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Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-23 09:55 +0000
  Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-23 11:30 +0100
  Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2026-06-23 11:56 +0100
    Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-23 12:17 +0100
      Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2026-06-23 12:24 +0100
        Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-23 12:42 +0100
          Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2026-06-30 17:26 +0100
            Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-30 17:23 +0100
    Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-24 11:17 +0000
      Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-24 13:11 +0100
        Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-24 15:35 +0000
  Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-06-23 16:40 +0200
  Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andrew <Andrew97d@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-23 15:49 +0100

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