How to reduce Wired Memory?

Hi,

I have an Mid-2009 13 Inch Macbook pro. I decided to upgrade my memory to 4 gigs using thirdparty memory. However, I have noticed that the amount of Wired memory usage has gone up a quite bit. My Wired memory usuage usually goes as much as 900 mbs and this is outrageous because I don't particularly open any major applications. My Kernel Task right now sits at 397 MBs, which is huge as well.

I find that with one firefox or chrome browser open, I can easily use over 90% of my 4 gig ram and that's when watching you tube becomes very difficult 9freezes a lot.

I understand that I never had this problem with Windows, or even when I run bootcamp.

Does anyone have any idea what I could do?

Here is a print out of my processes:

Active Memory: 1.91 GB

Free Memory: 1.02 GB

Wired Memory: 853.4 MB

Used Memory: 2.98 GB

Inactive Memory: 238.9 MB

Total VM: 247.92 GB

Number of processes: 109

PID Process Name User CPU Real Mem Virtual Mem

0 kernel_task root 5.6 439.9 MB 4.58 GB

1 launchd root 0.0 1.3 MB 2.34 GB

10 kextd root 0.0 3.5 MB 2.33 GB

11 UserEventAgent root 0.0 6.9 MB 2.36 GB

12 notifyd root 0.0 1.3 MB 2.35 GB

13 mDNSResponder _mdnsrespo 0.0 3.4 MB 2.35 GB

14 opendirectoryd root 0.0 9.6 MB 2.36 GB

15 diskarbitrationd root 0.0 1.4 MB 2.33 GB

16 configd root 0.0 4.7 MB 2.36 GB

17 powerd root 0.0 1.7 MB 2.35 GB

18 syslogd root 0.0 788 KB 2.34 GB

19 distnoted root 0.0 2.0 MB 2.33 GB

20 fseventsd root 0.0 3.9 MB 2.44 GB

24 securityd root 0.0 6.3 MB 2.35 GB

51 coreservicesd root 0.1 53.1 MB 2.43 GB

53 ntpd root 0.0 1.4 MB 2.32 GB

55 warmd nobody 0.0 3.4 MB 2.34 GB

56 usbmuxd _usbmuxd 0.0 7.5 MB 2.35 GB

58 SystemStarter root 0.0 988 KB 2.33 GB

60 stackshot root 0.0 1.1 MB 2.33 GB

62 revisiond root 0.0 2.9 MB 2.34 GB

66 mds root 0.2 78.0 MB 2.71 GB

68 loginwindow alitanara1 0.0 20.1 MB 2.38 GB

70 KernelEventAgent root 0.0 988 KB 2.33 GB

71 kdc root 0.0 2.5 MB 2.33 GB

73 hidd root 2.2 1.7 MB 2.34 GB

75 dynamic_pager root 0.0 748 KB 2.32 GB

80 autofsd root 0.0 1.7 MB 2.33 GB

82 applepushserviced root 0.0 7.1 MB 2.35 GB

83 aosnotifyd root 0.0 7.0 MB 2.35 GB

84 socketfilterfw root 0.0 6.5 MB 2.35 GB

85 sh root 0.0 944 KB 2.32 GB

86 PenCommService _pencomm 0.0 1.9 MB 601.3 MB

87 lsd root 0.0 7.1 MB 618.9 MB

93 netbiosd _netbios 0.0 2.3 MB 2.35 GB

103 HPIO Trap Monitor root 0.0 10.1 MB 2.36 GB

203 WindowServer _windowser 8.1 79.5 MB 2.91 GB

204 coreaudiod _coreaudio 0.0 5.6 MB 2.34 GB

209 prl_naptd root 0.0 7.8 MB 2.37 GB

221 prl_disp_service root 0.0 43.3 MB 2.42 GB

225 CVMServer root 0.0 1.2 MB 2.33 GB

239 logind root 0.0 1.6 MB 2.33 GB

242 launchd alitanara1 0.0 1.3 MB 2.34 GB

245 UserEventAgent alitanara1 0.0 9.9 MB 2.37 GB

247 distnoted alitanara1 0.2 6.1 MB 2.34 GB

252 Dock alitanara1 0.1 35.1 MB 2.50 GB

253 talagent alitanara1 0.0 16.0 MB 2.40 GB

254 SystemUIServer alitanara1 0.1 29.8 MB 2.55 GB

255 Finder alitanara1 0.0 80.7 MB 3.64 GB

256 pboard alitanara1 0.0 932 KB 2.32 GB

259 fontd alitanara1 12.4 6.2 MB 2.38 GB

272 com.apple.dock.extra alitanara1 0.0 15.7 MB 2.39 GB

276 imagent alitanara1 0.0 11.6 MB 2.36 GB

280 warmd_agent alitanara1 0.0 1.7 MB 2.34 GB

288 AirPort Base Station Agen alitanara1 0.0 1.9 MB 2.34 GB

289 prl_naptd alitanara1 0.0 7.1 MB 2.36 GB

295 Little Snitch UIAgent alitanara1 0.0 8.1 MB 736.9 MB

296 Little Snitch Network Mon alitanara1 0.9 6.8 MB 655.4 MB

297 SyncServicesAgent alitanara1 0.0 17.5 MB 699.1 MB

302 TISwitcher alitanara1 0.0 6.4 MB 2.37 GB

303 XPSLauncher alitanara1 0.0 3.4 MB 644.0 MB

304 GrowlHelperApp alitanara1 0.0 24.9 MB 2.39 GB

305 UnPlugged alitanara1 0.0 12.7 MB 3.40 GB

306 iTunes Helper alitanara1 0.0 4.1 MB 2.35 GB

328 Microsoft Database Daemon alitanara1 0.0 10.5 MB 679.0 MB

334 AppleSpell.service alitanara1 0.0 14.9 MB 2.37 GB

379 filecoordinationd root 0.0 1.7 MB 2.33 GB

423 Microsoft Outlook alitanara1 1.2 63.7 MB 828.3 MB

425 Microsoft AU Daemon alitanara1 0.0 3.2 MB 634.9 MB

454 Activity Monitor alitanara1 8.1 47.6 MB 2.57 GB

29293 mdworker alitanara1 0.1 20.3 MB 2.37 GB

35759 MemorySweeperPro alitanara1 0.0 31.0 MB 19.43 GB

36498 iTunes alitanara1 0.2 113.6 MB 3.56 GB

36524 AppleMobileDeviceHelper alitanara1 0.0 6.3 MB 616.5 MB

36621 VTDecoderXPCService alitanara1 0.0 3.0 MB 2.35 GB

36990 Google Chrome alitanara1 0.0 108.9 MB 1.01 GB

36995 Google Chrome Worker alitanara1 0.0 21.7 MB 762.0 MB

36997 Switchy! Chrome Extension alitanara1 0.3 6.8 MB 702.5 MB

37676 ath alitanara1 0.0 3.0 MB 2.35 GB

37734 launchd _spotlight 0.0 376 KB 2.34 GB

37738 distnoted _spotlight 0.0 788 KB 2.33 GB

38233 cookied alitanara1 0.0 800 KB 2.33 GB

39023 diskimages-helper alitanara1 0.0 6.8 MB 2.36 GB

39027 hdiejectd root 0.0 1.1 MB 2.33 GB

39044 Safari alitanara1 4.7 31.8 MB 3.56 GB

39047 Safari Web Content alitanara1 0.0 17.2 MB 3.39 GB

39058 DirectorShockwave (Safari alitanara1 60.8 26.6 MB 1.00 GB

39340 Shockwave Flash (Chrome P alitanara1 0.3 77.4 MB 1.10 GB

40143 DashboardClient alitanara1 0.0 17.3 MB 3.40 GB

40144 DashboardClient alitanara1 0.0 7.6 MB 3.38 GB

40145 DashboardClient alitanara1 0.0 5.7 MB 654.4 MB

41355 Google Chrome Renderer alitanara1 2.8 50.5 MB 824.6 MB

41453 Alerts Daemon alitanara1 0.0 3.1 MB 687.3 MB

41877 ocspd root 0.0 3.8 MB 2.35 GB

41910 activitymonitord root 0.9 1.6 MB 2.33 GB

42192 Firefox alitanara1 12.9 220.4 MB 2.04 GB

47115 Skype alitanara1 0.1 45.8 MB 854.4 MB

47125 VDCAssistant root 0.0 3.6 MB 2.35 GB

47691 Yahoo! Messenger alitanara1 0.0 32.9 MB 782.3 MB

47693 Adium alitanara1 0.0 23.5 MB 773.8 MB

48137 Firefox Plugin Process (S alitanara1 22.4 72.7 MB 877.1 MB

48363 rcd alitanara1 0.0 4.8 MB 2.37 GB

48886 mdworker _spotlight 0.0 12.2 MB 2.36 GB

49868 cupsd root 0.0 5.2 MB 2.35 GB

50062 mdworker alitanara1 0.0 4.1 MB 2.36 GB

50072 Google Chrome Renderer alitanara1 0.0 69.4 MB 835.5 MB

50211 xpchelper alitanara1 0.0 4.4 MB 2.33 GB

50212 Image Capture Extension alitanara1 0.0 9.1 MB 2.39 GB

50248 automountd root 0.0 1.9 MB 2.34 GB