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March 29th, 2007, 08:08 AM
#1
how to flush a windows swap file...
is there just kinda like one command that would empty the infamous swap file.
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March 29th, 2007, 09:05 AM
#2
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March 29th, 2007, 09:48 AM
#3
If yer thinking erase it for security and shred it....just run a few innocent memory intensive apps.
if you want to get rid of it to defrag or whatever, first off close pretty much everything then go into my computer -> properties -> advanced -> performance settings -> advanced -> change virtual memory and set it to 0.
Then reboot, probably into safe mode. Then you can defrag without the swap file in the way. Don't ask me what that will do to system performance, I have never tried it.
If you want to do something that isn't either of those then what nihil said. more details please.
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March 29th, 2007, 10:45 AM
#4
I do not want to 'divert' from the topic... but a question which I think would probably result in an answer of 'no' is:
Is there ANY method using which I can ENCRYPT the pagefile in Windows (like in Linux) and while using the OS the pagefile remains encrypted so that from the asecuroty perspective it would become a better situation?
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
- Albert Einstein
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March 29th, 2007, 10:53 AM
#5
if it was possible it would really really slow down your system if you did.
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March 29th, 2007, 10:55 AM
#6
What about the built-in EFS?
Would this not work on the page file also?
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March 29th, 2007, 10:57 AM
#7
Scrap that idea, it wont!
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March 29th, 2007, 10:59 AM
#8
It isn't possible almost by definition. You need to decrypt stuff to work with it.
Now, there are numerous drive encryption applications that would do the business once you logged off, but not whilst you had something open.
It would not improve security, as you would have to give "system" the password, and a lot of malware runs as "system"?
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March 29th, 2007, 02:43 PM
#9
You can clear your pagefile at shutdown.
http://netsecurity.about.com/od/wind...t/aa071004.htm
I think that the bitlocker encryption in Vista Ultimate? It will encrypt the whole volume, including the pagefile.
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true
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March 29th, 2007, 11:45 PM
#10
Hi phish~ I believe that is only available in XP. I am not sure how it does it either, that is, just how secure the "clearing" really is?
The tools I have seen for earlier versions of Windows are either run from bootable media or submit a job that runs when you reboot.
I agree that bitlocker in Vista Ultimate and Enterprise will encrypt the whole drive apart from some boot information that is in a separate partition.
I still think that the answer to jockey's question is "no". As soon as you boot up the system with bitlocker you will open Windows, which means that you will open the page file in unencrypted form.
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