Thursday, March 23, 2006

Clear Page file when shutting down Windows XP

You can make Windows XP to clear the page file (virtual memory) when shutdown so that XP starts with a new page file when its start. To do so
Start>Run
Type regedit
Navigate to the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
\Session Manager\Memory Management
Change ClearPageFileAtShutdown value to 1.

Clearing page file may slow down your shutdown process


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