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Old 04-30-2008   #6 (permalink)
Steve Thackery


 
 

Re: Unable to uninstall programs due to Data Execution Protection

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Go to Control Panel and turn the damn DEP off. It's an annoying little
piece of paranoid security ware that thinks you are too stupid to know what
programs are un-safe to run.
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I don't think you know what you are talking about. DEP provides protection
against an inherent weakness in the von Neumann architecture which allows
security and stability issues to arise (buffer overflow exploits, for one)
Therefore DEP is a good thing.

If a program is being caught by Vista's DEP then it's badly written and you
would be wise to update it or use something better.

SteveT

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