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Old 06-29-2008   #1 (permalink)
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Vista DEP will NOT go away

I've taken every measure to disable Vista's Data Execution Prevention from shutting down an application that I am being forced to use (it's called GameGuard, used in some Asian MMO's for anti-hacking).

I've tried disabling DEP through the Vista GUI by adding exceptions and I've tried disabling through the command prompt with the guide posted on this site. When I go to the DEP menu in Vista it's all greyed out now which supposedly would be signifying the inactivity of DEP. To no avail, however, as GameGuard continues to be forcefully terminated by Vista while showing a DEP notice.

Has anyone figured out how to get rid of this Vista feature?

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Re: Vista DEP will NOT go away

Have your tried running the game as admin?

And I am not 100% certain, but I think there is a setting in the BIOS that might be related to hardware DEP as well...
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Re: Vista DEP will NOT go away

I'm currently running it as Admin also tried XP SP2 compatibility mode.
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Re: Vista DEP will NOT go away

Hi Tomed.
My personnal feeling is that you should try to run it from VM.

DEP should be running both hardware and software, disabling the software mode could also make some weird things when running IE7, Outlook, etc...
As said John, you can, on some machines, disable DEP in bios, it is hope to you.
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Re: Vista DEP will NOT go away

You can disable it in Vista completely. I would leave it running in BIOS. I use this method and DEP does not affect any of my apps anymore but the hardware level DEP does protect from outside access.
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Re: Vista DEP will NOT go away

I've yet to try disabling it in BIOS but the software side is completely disabled.

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And here is the message I get after it forcefully crashes GameGuard:
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I guess my last resort is running it in a VM but I'm close enough at this point to reformatting and just going back to XP.
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Re: Vista DEP will NOT go away

Right click on command prompt in accessories, run as administrator. In the box

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

This will disable it in Vista. Turn on NX in BIOS.
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