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How to enable & disable Page File Encryption

Jan 15, 2012 10:08 AM

Hello, welcome to my first post! 

Today, I would like to talk about setting up a Page File Encryption in Windows 7 and Vista.  But first - what is a Page File Encryption?  Why should you enable this option? 

Sensitive information might be temporarily stored on your computer in the virtual memory pagefile.  For this exact reason, it is a good idea to enable this setting so that the virtual memory pagefile cannot be read.

Enable Page File Encryption

Warnings

  • Enabling this option might slow down the computer.  This will depend on your system.  Some computers handle this well, while others don't.  Should you see a significant slow down in computer performance, please see "Disable Page File Encryption".

Search > cmd.exe and run as administrator

Type: "fsutil behavior set encryptpagingfile 1" and press enter

Restart the computer for the encryption to become effective

Disable Page File Encryption

Tips

  • Doing this will increase the risk of losing sensitive information and getting into the wrong hands.  However - the one benefit to this is that it will speed up computer performance.  
  • By default - the system already has this option disabled.
  • Note enable is 1 and disable is 0.

Search > cmd.exe and run as administrator

Type "fsutil behavior set encryptpaginfile 0" and press enter

Again, restart the computer for this to become effective

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