Windows XP automatically cleans up page file

When using the computer, some Word documents or open web pages will be loaded into the memory, and in order to save memory space, Windows will put different files on the system page. In the file, the page file is like a temporary repository. Microsoft provides a way to automatically clean up page files when you shut down Windows XP. By default this feature is turned off. Below we will show you how to enable this feature. However, it should be noted that after this feature is enabled, the shutdown time will be longer because the cleaning operation is performed.

Operation steps

1. Click "Start" menu, click "Run", enter "Regedit" in the dialog box, then click "OK" to run "Registry Edit" "". If you are not familiar with the registry knowledge, you can look at it here.

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

3. In the pop-up "Edit DWORD" value dialog box, select the base number to be hexadecimal, and change the "Value Data" on the left to 1, which enables automatic cleaning of the page file when shutting down. Features.

4. Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.