From: nvm@nunya.biz
"JohnN" wrote in
news:CPudnS2LVZWY6sTWnZ2dnUVZ7r0AAAAA@eclipse.net.uk:
> My DEP is switched on and there is no means to switch off!
> System>Advanced>Performance>Settings>DEP
>
> Could this be giving me the other problems?- It also takes an age to boot
> up!
> I note the CPU soon attains 100%, what is keeping this so high for long
> periods?
>
> John
>
> "JimH" wrote in message
> news:Xns9D07C12C46495hahadotdotdot@74.209.136.97...
>> "JohnN" wrote in
>> news:ZIWdnfpX1JNeOsXWnZ2dnUVZ8judnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk:
>>
>>> Help
>>>
>>> I have just started getting messages requesting me to close
applications
>>> ; message heading - Data Execution Prevention (D.E.P); where has this
>>> come from.? - Also my access to Internet Explorer has slowed down
>>> considerably and sometimes my screen locks up, I cant open any of my
>>> shortcuts on Desktopm and I have to reset,I have to switch off power
to
>>> PC. - are these all associated with D.E.P?
>>>
>>> Help!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This may have something to do with the "fix" that Microsoft released for
>> IE
>> today. While I haven't heard of this problem anywhere else yet, here's
>> what
>> MS has to say about the need for the fix:
>>
>> "For now, Microsoft recommends enabling the Data Execution Prevention
>> (DEP)
>> feature in IE, and setting Internet security zone security settings to
>> "high" as ways to protect against this attack. DEP, which is a default
>> feature in IE 8, has to be set manually in earlier versions of the
>> browser. A
>> patch could be in the works as well, according to Microsoft."
>>
>> The patch released today might have changed the default IE DEP setting
to
>> "On" instead of "Off."
>
>
I wish I could answer your related questions. I knew nothing of DEP when I
read your original post. I came across the quoted section about 10 minutes
after reading it, and the two seemed related (a DEP problem on the day that
MS sent out a DEP fix).
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