Trick To clear your sensitive information on system shutdown

In some operating systems use memory hard disk, called virtual memory. During processing, the operating system to transfer some data and programs on your hard drive and RAM to be downloaded again if necessary. Data or programs stored on the hard disk in a temporary file called a swap file. This technical exchange of data in memory and hard disk is called paging. Operating system spends a lot of paging time, instead of implementing the state of application software. But the problem is that you are working on different programs on your computer and the page file may contain confidential information or not is stored in an encrypted format. To reduce this risk, you can set the page file on your computer to automatically clean every time the computer turns off.

Follow these steps to delete the page file system automatically.

To enable this feature, log into your computer with administrative rights.

Now click the Start button to open the Control Panel and click here on "Administrative Tools" option.

Now "Local Security Settings" panel on the side of the raised panel click on "Local Policies".

Now click on "Security Settings" double-click on "Shutdown: Clear virtual memory paging file" option.

Now the small dialog box appears with the options "on or off," the page file.

Select the "Enabled" radio to clear the page file each time you turn off the computer.

save the settings, click Apply, then OK to finish.

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