Before going to the extreme of turning off DEP you might consider checking to
be sure that the problem isn't being caused by a bad add-on for IE. If you
want to check this possibility, go into the Programs tab of Internet Options
and click on the Manage Add-Ons button. There is a lot of functionality
packed into the ensuing dialogs, so be careful, but also be thorough. You
could try disabling all non-MS add-ons, testing, re-enabling one-at-a-time,
testing, etc.
The fact that DEP is shutting IE7 down is an indication of a fairly serious
problem. I'd fix the problem instead of killing DEP.
"Kayman" wrote:
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> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:10:03 -0700, Me wrote:
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> > All of sudden my laptop is now shutting down IE7 saying it has encountered a
> > DEP problem where there were no problems before. Are the recent updates
> > (KB950124 & KB950125) responsible? I can't disable the feature from I see.
> > How can I get rid of DEP?
> > </span>
> Turning off DEP:
> Right click on My Computer
> Click on Properties
> Click on the Advanced tab
> Click on the Settings button in the Performance section
> Click on the Data Execution Prevention tab
>
> Select the item labeled "Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and
> services only". This, effectively turns off DEP for everything else.
>
> IMO, this isn't what you should do. But, you're old enough, I suppose.
>
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