Protecting the pagefile  by Mitch Tulloch [Published on 30 Nov.
2011 / Last Updated on 13 Feb. 2011]  How to protect the
pagefile in Windows 7.  The pagefile of a Windows 7 computer may
contain sensitive information, and in certain scenarios such as
high-security environments or with standalone kiosk machines
that are not physically secured, you want to ensure no one can
tamper with the system's pagefile. There are several things you
can do to safeguard your pagefile in these situations.  To
safeguard the pagefile against offline attack, you should enable
BitLocker on the boot volume of the machine. If you are
concerned not just with integrity but also confidentiality, you
can set the following registry key to encrypt the pagefile on
the system:   On Windows 7 the key used to encrypt the pagefile
is ephemeral and is discarded at shutdown, making the contents
of the pagefile inaccessible. Note that pagefile encryption is
not enabled by default on Windows 7.  Finally, if you are
concerned about online attack ag