Automatically clear page files when Windows XP is shut down

When using a computer, some Word documents or open webpages are loaded into the memory. To save memory space, Windows puts different files into the system's page files, the page file is like a temporary warehouse. Microsoft provides a way to automatically clear page files when Windows XP is disabled. By default, this function is disabled. The following describes how to enable this function. However, it should be noted that after enabling this function, the shutdown time will become longer because the cleaning operation is required.

Procedure

1. Click the Start Menu, click Run, enter Regedit in the dialog box, and click OK to run Registry Editor ". If you are not familiar with the Registry, you can take a look here.

2. Browse "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory Management" and double-click "ClearPageFileAtShutdown" in the list on the right ".

3. In the displayed "Edit DWORD" Value dialog box, set the base number to hexadecimal, and change "value data" on the left to 1, in this way, the automatic page file cleanup function is enabled when the server is shut down.

4. restart the computer to make the modification take effect.