What to try when you get a "won't run" program error:Turn DEP off!

[Guest surfer100]

For the last several months I've been getting "won't run" error windows for

HP's My Display software, for Vueprint graphics program, and for another

program. I

I was getting the same error message for each... A window would pop up and

say "program X won't run" but DID NOT SAY that it was a conflict with

Vista's Data Execution Program. I found out ultimately by lots of repeated

googling.

 

I turned Data Execution Prevention to OFF, execept for essential windows

services by going to control panel, click on system, click on system

protection, click advanced tab, click settings, click data execution

prevention tab, and finally click on "turn on DEP for essential Windows

programs..."

 

You can also turn on DEP except for for programs that you add to an

exceptions list , but I found this DID NOT work for some progams I wanted to

run, so I've left DEP on ONLY for windows services.

 

I suspect that some one of the many vista security updates changed the DEP

settings, or updated the DEP program and changed its default settings. But

the error messages then generated don't tell you what the problem is!

Anyway, I've turned it off and everything is back working again.

[Guest Mr. Arnold]

"surfer100" <surfer100@outhere.com> wrote in message

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