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More info?)
Have a look here..
http://www.tech-recipes.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=398#1125
"moochifloo" <moochifloo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8784ABBE-1B27-4D03-AD72-F2F709AF7C0C@microsoft.com...
>I have the same problem when I open windows explorer. how do I turn off
>DEP?
>
> "Jose Francisco" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Take a look at both these Microsoft articles -
>>
>> 1.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875351
>> 2.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875352
>> (Explanation of what 'Data Execution Prevention' is)
>>
>> "Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software
>> technologies that perform additional checks on memory to help prevent
>> malicious code from running on a system. In Microsoft Windows XP Service
>> Pack 2 (SP2) and Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, DEP is
>> enforced by hardware and by software.
>>
>> The primary benefit of DEP is to help prevent code execution from data
>> pages. Typically, code is not executed from the default heap and the
>> stack.
>> Hardware-enforced DEP detects code that is running from these locations
>> and
>> raises an exception when execution occurs. Software-enforced DEP can help
>> prevent malicious code from taking advantage of exception-handling
>> mechanisms in Windows"
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck!
>> Jose Francisco
>> Tutorials, XP Guides and tips - www.xpsorce.com
>> Need help - jose@nospam.xpsource.com
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights
>>
>>
>> "Khers" <kherse_sefid@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:94r6d1h5999c03leueiaosli5h4vgn0tdd@4ax.com...
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Everytime I start my winxp I get this message:
>> > Data Execution Prevention - Microsoft Windows
>> > To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this program.
>> > Name: WMI
>> > Publisher: Microsoft Corportation
>>
>>
>>
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