Re: Data Execution Prevention

"kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>ricco wrote:
>> Ever since I installed some software, I've been receiving this
>> message "To protect your computer, this application must be closed".
>> The only way I can get any program (Windows Explorer, Media Player,
>> etc) to run is by having DEP ignore it. Any ideas?
>
>One of the first things I do upon a new install is turn that DEP sh*t
>off.

So not only do you complain incessantly about the vulnerability of
Microsoft products to intrusions you also deliberately choose to
disable one of the ways of protecting against these.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm
.

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