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January 18, 2010 at 04:11 PM
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How does Windows clear the page file?

by rr94117 . Updated 16 years, 5 months ago

I’m familiar with the registry setting that causes Windows to “clear” (Microsoft’s term) the page file on shutdown. But what exactly is meant by this? Is the file completely overwritten with random bits? 0’s? 1’s? How many passes are executed? These points are of interest to those of us concerned with data security.

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