How do I turn off Data Execution Prevention errors?

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dear leo
please get back to me i beg you!!
my msn does not work on my vista computer
i have followed all your steps about disabling DEP for individual items.
however, i tried to do this for msn,
but it said " could not be disabled"
or something along those lines.
why cant i turn DEP off msn
please i really need msn for social and work reasons.
im pretty sure this is the only reason why i can not use my msn, because the computer says so.
what should i do so i can use msn, without turning DEP off?
please help me!
thank you

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By "MSN" I assume you mean "MSN Instant Messenger", now
called "Windows Live Messenger". (The term "MSN" could mean
many different things from a web site to email to who knows
what else.)

I don't know.

I would first make sure that you have the latest version of
the Windows Live Messenger program installed. If that still
does not work, then I would try using a different client
program, to access the MSN IM service like Trillian or
Adium.

Leo

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Grrrr. I'm making a WMM project (Windows Movie Maker), and then the DEP comes up as soon as I try to get the file up. Its not just that individual file, It won't let me play anything!! I need to finish this AMV fast, but I can't do anything, Can't shut out the DEP for WMM. Vista FAILS.

I have followed your advice on excluding IE7 from the DEP list and it still doesn't release IE7. When I clicked on IE7 from its install folder in Program files it didn't copy as your example showed. Rather than getting Internet Explorer.exe, I only got Internet Explorer, which it doesn't seem to see. I've lost count of the differnet places I've been trying to get IE7 reactivated. Still no success. Can IE7 be removed from the O/S and re-installed?

Well this is somewhat of a funny situation I have here. I use a program called Steam for gaming in which the application downloads programs to the computer but needs to be connected to the internet for launching the game. Now you can add the steam program to the list but when trying to launch games the program will connect online and "give the go ahead" to launch the game. The DEP will acknowledge the steam but the moment that you try to launch a game DEP shuts it down. I have tried going into the download file and adding the programs from there to the list but DEP will not recognize it. Any thoughts anyone?

I'm operating on Windows (NOT Vista!) and everytime I try and access Internet Explorer the DEP message comes up and won't let me access the internet.

All other programmes seem to be working ok, (even MSN Live Messenger?), and thankfully I have (limited) internet access at wokr, otherwise I wouldn't know where to turn to to try and sort this out.

I've tried both of the turning on/off DEP for programmes in the 'performance options' window, with no real effect.

However, I'm not sure where the programme for Internet Explorer is or what the proper 'technical' name is to add to the list, but am sure i've ticked it when it's appeared in the window?

Any Help Gratefully appreciated! (A lot of my friends think i'm being rude and ignoring their emails, and I'm missing Google!!

Cheers,

Andy

i just bought an HP 2133 notebook and installed XP Pro with SP3 and some essential drivers and programs on it.

After a few hours, the DEP errors about explorer started bugging me:

DEP error - drwatson(?) - windows error reporting - explorer restart.

I tried doing your torubleshooting guide and after a some hours, no DEP error so far...i just hope this is the end of the DEP nightmare.

thank you.

Probably not a great idea to turn DEP completely off but if you feel you must and have strong security software here is how to turn it off for Win XP. Right click My Computer click properties then click the Advanced tab, then click the setting button in Startup and recovery section. Click the edit button which will open a notepad file. You'll see a line Where it says: "noexecute=optin". Change the word "optin" to AlwaysOff, then click file, choose save, close the notepad file then click ok to close all open windows and reboot the computer. Of course to turn it on again change it back to "optin" and reboot. Hope this helps

DEP never affected my computer until recently, and I have had SP2 since it was released. I began to have problems after a recent download of several security(MS) updates, @ 2-4 weeks ago. DEP just prevented my from opening an external hard drive that has photos, and nothing else on it. I have followed the listed steps on this page, to no avail. My guess is this is another MS blunder

I would love to have an answer on how to 'undo' my last update. DEP doesn't allow me to bypass it when the page is part of a report section I wish to print on a subscription web site I have used almost daily for years. As a past Mac user, I'd have to say "MS SUCKS"! Unbelievable they release software updates that mess everything else up. Maybe they should say "download this update at your own risk".

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