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Old 1st February 2008 | 21:59
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Tarq57
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One possibility:
Check this registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\ Memory Management\ClearPageFileAtShutdown\ and if the value is "1", try changing it to zero.
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This setting is created by some security applications to delete the swap file at shutdown. Some (somewhat rare, I think) types of malware have been known to recreate themselves from the swapfile. If the swapfile is large, it can take a few minutes to delete it.
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