Automatic cleanup of paging files on Windows XP system shutdown step

When you use a computer, some Word documents or open Web pages will be loaded into memory, and in order to save memory space, Windows will put different files into the system's paging file, the paging file is like a temporary warehouse. Microsoft provides a way to automatically clean the paging file when Windows XP is turned off, which is turned off by default, and we'll explain how to enable this feature. Note, however, that when this feature is enabled, the shutdown time will become longer because the cleanup operation is performed.

Operation Steps

1, click the Start menu, click Run, enter "Regedit" in the dialog box, and then click OK to run Registry Editor. If you are not familiar with the registry knowledge, you can first look at this.

2, browse to "Hkey_local_machinesystemcurrentcontrolsetcontrolsession managermemory Management", and then in the list on the right to double-click " ClearPageFileAtShutdown ".

3, in the pop-up "Edit DWORD" Value dialog box, select the cardinality of 16, and the left of the "value data" to 1, so that the shutdown is enabled to automatically clean up the paging file feature.

4, restart the computer, so that the changes take effect.