Did Recent Update Change DEP?

[Guest Me]

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?

 

Thanks,

Dave

ltclafae@roadrunner.com

[Guest Kayman]

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.

[Guest LeftFoot]

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:

> <span style="color:green">

> > 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.

>

> </span>