Clearing of Page File

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Hi. Is there any advanatage / disadvantage by enabling
clearing page file when PC Shutdown? I can only find from
knowledge is that it helps in security. But will it
caused problems like file fragmentation?

Regards
 
It is recommended as a possible way to increase security, particulary on
computers that may contain sensitive information. It will however slowdown
shutdown and startup somewhat and could lead to additional disk
fragmentation, though I would not expect that [fragmentation] to be a major
issue. Read more about it at the link below under shutdown:clear virtual
memory page file. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/topics/hardsys/tcg/tcgch05.mspx
 
Hi Steve,
Thanks for your help. :)
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It is recommended as a possible way to increase security, particulary on
computers that may contain sensitive information. It will however slowdown
shutdown and startup somewhat and could lead to additional disk
fragmentation, though I would not expect that [fragmentation] to be a major
issue. Read more about it at the link below under shutdown:clear virtual
memory page file. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/topics/hardsys/t cg/tcgch05.mspx

Philip Wang said:
Hi. Is there any advanatage / disadvantage by enabling
clearing page file when PC Shutdown? I can only find from
knowledge is that it helps in security. But will it
caused problems like file fragmentation?

Regards
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