Noddy

"Silentway" <Silentway@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Ok So I think I have found the problem most people have been having with
> Games not working on Vista and simply crashing after 10 min. Everyone
> always
> tells them it's a driver issue.
>
> I found that the problem is with the DEP (Data Execution Program). When
> your
> game crashes its because Vista thinks the software is processing the
> memory
> (RAM) wrong and shuts down the program to "protect" the computer.
> The problem is, is that in order to run your games you need DEP active and
> Vista won't let you turn it off for your Games, but the DEP is what is
> shutting down your games.
> So in order for your games to work you need DEP but DEP is whats shutting
> down your games.
>
> My Question is, how can I play my games without DEP shutting them down if
> I
> can't turn DEP off, without changing OS?
>

You can set DEP to only protect system files. That's the default setting so
if it is still happening then perhaps you need to give those games admin
control. XP has DEP too and I haven't had any issues on Vista64 yet with
games but I only have a few installed to Vista64 as I dual boot XP/Vista so
don't really need Vista for games yet.