this is the fix i've seen:
Right click on the command prompt icon in start menu and select 'run as
administrator'
From the command prompt window type: bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff
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"Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Oq0qwB1%23GHA.1220@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi Steve,
>
> Change the settings under the Control Panel/System/Advanced sytem
> settings/Advanced tab/Performance settings/DEP tab. You can't turn it off,
> but you can adjust that which it protects.
>
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>
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>
> "SteveC" <sconklan.nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:7A76BEA1-7259-4AAA-BDFD-C0BABA2C598B@microsoft.com...
> I keep running into Vista programs running because DEP shut it down and it
> tells me to turn off DEP, but when I try to do so, it says DEP must be on
> for this program. Anyway to turn DEP off altogether?