Yes, but is turning it off a good idea? Better to adjust the system so that
it is working correctly than to disable something that is protecting it.
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Best of Luck,
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"John Barnett MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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> 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
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>> 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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>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "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?
>