Monthly Archives: December 2009

How to remove hibernation file on Windows 7

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Maris

Open elevated command prompt (start – type “cmd” – right click – Run as administrator). In command prompt: powercfg -h off Now you can delete hiberfil.sys file, if it is not deleted automatically. To enable hibernation back, use: powercfg -h … Continue reading →

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Encrypt Windows swap file

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Maris

Beginning from Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 it is possible to encrypt Windows paging file. Paging file can contain your credentials, passwords, session data, temporary data from database, etc. To check if encryption is enabled use the following command … Continue reading →

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