User State Data/Windows IE Cache settings....

[Galpersonal]

Hello all,

We want to hand out WinXP Tablets in a doctor/hospital environment that
will allow patients to pay co-pays through an IE webpage. However, there is
concern that patient information might be left over on the tablet, and could
be found, thus violating HIPPA standards.

Does Windows XP Embedded, after a reboot, keep IE cache files on the system?
If someone were to take a WinXP tablet, could they use a HEX editor to view
those files?

Thanks,
Blake

 

[Sean Liming \(eMVP\)]

In XPe, you could enable the Enhanced Write Filter to protect writes to the
drive. If EWF is setup with RAM overlay, all writes to the drive are lost on
reboot. There are many design considerations that have to be address when
using EWF.

Or could you create a tool that deletes the cache files on shutdown and/or
reboot?

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit