Paging File 1

[leobis]

Hi All,

How can I clear the paging file in windows XP HOME edition when I shutdown the PC?

 

[bcastner]

Start, Run, regedit

Make this simple change:
Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Path: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
Key: ClearPageFileAtShutdown
Type: REG_SZ
Value: 1

 

[IslandCustom]

bcastner, are there benefits to clearing the page file?

Thanks,
Kevin

 

[bcastner]

There are security benefits, as it would prevent someone from using low-level tools to scan your pagefile for hints as to what you were doing.

I do not see credible performance benefits. (And in fact shutdown and startup are much, much slower). There are some usefull pagefile utilities:

Discussion:

http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

Personal favorite for freeware utilities: PageDefrag by Sysinternals:

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml

 

[IslandCustom]

Thank you so much, bcastner. I appreciate the information and I will follow your links and read up.

Kevin

 

[leobis]

Hi all,
and thanks everybody for your help; the shutdown operation is a little bit longer but it worths.
Thanks again (even for the interesting link)
Ciao
Leonardo