I apologize I did not follow the previous thread on this subject. I used another utility called the process explorer and it seems the number is the same - 17MB+ see attached. I thought there might be something else messing up the memory usage so I reboot my PC. ashServ.exe immediately takes up 16MB+ of memory upon boot up.

Also, I disabled all providers that I do not use and left two running - Standard Shield and Network Shield.

I am still hoping someone could enlighten why ashServ.exe starts up in HIGH priority instead of NORMAL. Thanks.