If you plan to use Windows 11 for casual browsing or light apps, 4 GB of RAM is fine. However, for resource-demanding apps, or modern games, you'll need more.

If you're going to push through with Windows 11, you can try manually freeing the cache memory via Task Manager. Manually free up RAM This isn't the most practical fix, but it is the most immediate.

Windows 11 is finally here, but it seems to come with an issue: A memory leak in File Explorer. But it turns out that Windows 10 has a similar problem.

Windows 11 officially requires a minimum of 4GB of RAM to provide a more-or-less satisfactory user experience. However, as it turned out, you can run Windows 11 on a PC with less than 200MB of RAM.

To some basic memory specs on Windows 11, use these steps: Get the Windows Central Newsletter All the latest news, reviews, and guides for Windows and Xbox diehards.

On Windows 11, virtual memory is a feature that temporarily stores less frequent paging files loaded into RAM (Random Access Memory) onto the hard drive.The feature allows the operating system to ...

You can find your RAM speed, type, or frequency using the Sticker, Task Manager or the Command Prompt in Windows 11/10. We show you the easy way to do it.

Memory in the Windows 11 Task Manager. For a more comprehensive view including speed and type, you’ll need to use Task Manager. Right-click the taskbar and select Task Manager .

Open Windows Memory Diagnostic. For Windows 10 and 11, right-click the Start icon and choose Run or click the Search icon, enter mdsched and press enter (Figure A).

Why all this discussion of RAM? Because on May 11, Microsoft will close the door on Windows 10 v1909 and you will need to run Windows 10 v2004 or later to continue to receive security updates.