Windows XP Annoyances by David A. Karp The unconfirmed error reports are from readers. They have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the opinion of the reader. Here's a key to the markup: [page-number]: serious technical mistake {page-number}: minor technical mistake : important language/formatting problem (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification This page was updated March 5, 2003. UNCONFIRMED errors and comments from readers: [190] First paragraph of Part 3; "It's possible to have Windows delete your paging file whenever you shut down Windows." This is not true. The option to "clear" the virtual memory pagefile upon shutdown that's described on the following page will overwrite the file with zeros, not delete it. This fact makes the first two of the "three reasons you might want to do this" irrelevant, since they don't apply to a file that has been zeroed out rather than deleted.