Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced Data Execution Prevention or DEP, a security feature that can help prevent damage to your computer by monitoring programs from time to time. Monitoring ensures that running program use system memory efficiently. If there is any instance of a program on your computer using memory incorrectly, DEP notices it, closes the program and notifies you.

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Security System DEP - Turn On or Off for Programs. Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature that can help prevent damage to your computer from viruses and other security threats. Harmful programs can try to attack Windows by attempting to run (also known as execute) code from system memory. The behavior appears to be that, despite being told to be disabled both on an OS and BIOS level, DEP continues to run when the Disk Encryption is installed, and it continues to cause grief when it encounters the Print Spooler Service. The solution was to turn off the Print Spooler Service.

If you want to generally turn off DEP or Data Execution Prevention in your Windows, you can always do so, But if you need to turn off Data Execution Prevention for a particular program only, like say explorer.exe, here’s how to go about.

Turn off Data Execution Prevention for Particular Program

Open Windows Explorer. Right click This PC or Computer and choose, ‘Properties’. Then, select the ‘Advanced System settings’ option. Next, from the ‘System Properties’ window, select ‘Advanced’ tab. Choose the ‘Performance’ section now and from the new Performance Options window that appears on your computer screen, select ‘Data Execution Prevention tab’.

Windows Xp Dep Turn Off Download

You will see options:

• Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services
• Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select.

Select the latter and click Add. Browse to the Program Files folder, find the .exe file for the program, and then click Open.

This way you can disable or turn off Data Execution Prevention for Explorer too, by navigating to the C:Windows folder and selecting explorer.exe.

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How can I switch off DEP from command line in Win 2003?

Or at least for Win XP.

A lot of forums explain how switch it off by editing boot.ini, but I need command line solution.

Alex BlokhaAlex Blokha

3 Answers

On Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 you might want to use BOOTCFG to disable DEP, see /noexecute on MSDN.

bootcfg /raw '/noexecute=alwaysoff'

Roman R.Roman R.

It's not commandline, but perhaps you can use

Win + Break, *A*dvanced, *P*erformance Options, Data Execution Prevention tab

where you can even manage DEP settings per application

sehesehe

Mc command center install. run cmd as an admin and enter below in

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

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