hiding something? everyone is this thing called windows advanced care deletes SWAP files which is bound to cause huge majority of crashed because it can be 300mb+ of GARBAGE! just record of what you did do that wont be deleted by most security programs. its nice i do recomend it

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This topic i think was posted in another forum but dont remember exactly where but what i remember is the way you do it here is it:

1. open the regedit tool, go to: start menu\run\regedit.exe and hit enter or click ok.
2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\system\currentcontrolset\control\Session Manager\Memory management
3. On the right hand side right click on the value ClearPageFileAtShutDown if there exists, if you dont see it then right click in the open section and add a DWORD value and name it ClearPageFileAtShutdown.
4. Change value to 1.
5. Finally to take effect simply Reboot your machine.

Now, first of all i recommend you that backup your registry first, because if you do something wrong while editing the registry you can damage your system, and second notice that the shutdown process may be higher for slower computers.

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bof, I don't realy think the SWAP file causes that much stability problems. There are so much other things in windows that can cause problems.
Anyway, if you're realy hiding something, then I'd suggest getting some more RAM and disable the swap file. The swap file is a file like any other file and clearing it isn't enough to hide what it contained. Multiple overwrites are the best way to keep it safe .

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Jetico (http://www.jetico.com/) makes a product called BCWipe that will do similar to what you are talking about. If you want to delete the swap file then BCWipe will use the DoD wiping standard to do it. The feature that I use (or used to) is the encrypt swap file. BCWipe uses AES encryption to always keep the swap encrypted. I couldn’t tell any slow downs while using it. Another thing to consider it to set your swap file to a fixed size. Windows defaults to a dynamic size which can leave the swap all over the hard drive.

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tansqrx is right about setting a fixed sized to a swap file, there are performance enchancement that can be achieved by doing so. However to take full advantage of performance gains that can be achieved... I would follow this procedure.

1) Run Disk Cleanup
2) Run a Full Scandisk and automatically repair any problems found
3) Run a Full Defrag even if the computer say the drive doesn't need
4) Then configure a fixed swapfile.

The above procedure will assure that there will be no fragmentation in your swap file, which will turn increase the speed of access to information contained within.

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