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Monday, March 27, 2006

Vista 5308: Disable DEP / NoExecute Protection to fix random explorer crashes

I've had it, offft! Vista just keeps on crashing, If you have the same problem I'd relate it to the no execute protection thing, why? the answer will come: "It's a Beta version man! chill out" hehe
hala2 due to the way Windows Vista’s boot editor has been created, it is now harder to disable DEP / No Execute Protection. However, after some amount of googling, it would seem that some of the random Windows Explorer crashes that users are experiencing is caused by this technology. You will need to disable it and reboot, which should cure some of the crashes:
  1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, right click on “Command Prompt”, and click “Run as administrator”.
  2. If asked for permission to run Windows Command Processor, click on Allow.
  3. At the command prompt, type in “bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff”.
  4. You should receive a message saying “Operation Completed Successfully”.
  5. Restart the computer, DEP / No Execute should now be disabled.

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