Pagefile encryption with EFS enabled but pagefile.sys is not green

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In Windows Vista I enabled pagefile encryption with EFS (via
secpol.msc - Public Key Policies - Encrypting File System - Properties
- Enable pagefile encryption) and rebooted Windows but pagefile.sys is
still black.

Why doesn't it become green like my other EFS encrypted files? how can
I be sure that it's encrypted?
 
Re: Pagefile encryption with EFS enabled but pagefile.sys is not green

"Luca Villa" <lucavilla@cashette.com> wrote in message
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> In Windows Vista I enabled pagefile encryption with EFS (via
> secpol.msc - Public Key Policies - Encrypting File System - Properties
> - Enable pagefile encryption) and rebooted Windows but pagefile.sys is
> still black.
>
> Why doesn't it become green like my other EFS encrypted files? how can
> I be sure that it's encrypted?

You could boot into an alternative OS, and browse the pagefile to see if it
contains any clear-text.

Alun.
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