Security : Clear Data written in page file before shutdown  

Sunday, November 2, 2008

As an added security precaution it is possible to clear all data that has been written to the page file so it cannot be retrieved. The downside to this tweak is that it may substantially increase shutdown time depending on the amount of data in the page file.
[Start] –> [Run] –> Type Regedit –> Press Enter –> then Navigate to following Registry Key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

Right click in the right pane and create a new DWORD value with name ClearPageFileatShutDown and set its value to ” 1″ to enable clearing page file. “0″ to disable clearing page file.

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