Patent ID: 8799610

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a signal including information indicative of a selection of a memory clear process of a plurality of different memory clear processes, the information indicating that execution of the selected memory clear process is enabled, wherein instructions that cause the selective execution of each of the plurality of different memory clear processes are included in an operating system of a wagering game machine; responsive to receiving the signal, storing information to indicate the execution has been enabled; restarting the wagering game machine; after the restarting, detecting existence of the stored information; executing the instructions in the operating system by at least one processor to clear at least a portion of nonvolatile memory in the wagering game machine in response to detecting the existence of the stored information after the restarting; and initializing the operating system to enable receiving a wager from a player in association with a wagering game to be played on the wagering game machine, wherein initializing occurs after executing the instructions to clear the portion of nonvolatile memory.