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February 5th, 2005 06:00
Windows XP Media Center Problem - Data Execution Prevention
My problem is that the "Data Execution Prevention" screen comes up when I TRY to get into certain programs. I've tried all the quick fixes on the Microsoft website and nothing is working. I have only had the computer about a month and I am unable to fully utilize due to this error. I've reinstalled twice and re-formatted once. I've spent hours on the phone with Dell representatives and they were no help. Does anyone have any suggestions that might help me. I just want to turn the darn thing OFF.
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L_Samuelso
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February 8th, 2005 20:00
You don't by any chance happen to have an HP Officejet printer attached to your machine? I was getting the same Data Execution Prevention screens, and I found a Dell sharpie who referred me to the HP website. They have a patch/procedure for their All-in-One software which made the problem go away on my system.
On a lighter note, the HP printer software also whacked the IE MyDell homepage into nothingness (webpage loads: plain white screen) - I haven't found a fix for that yet.
Tomdg
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February 9th, 2005 04:00
I am beginning to think that Dell installs a lot of HD's that have been dropped on the floor. Either that or their HD's don't do well in shipping. Ther really should have restore disks like the Sony Viao's.
try to get them to take your HD back and get a mew one with the original system pre instaled on it...
roger_8400
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May 28th, 2005 18:00
I had a similar problem with Data Execution Prevention shutting down MCE when I accessed video from my Linksys extender (My Videos). I googled around and appear to have found a fix by editing BOOT.INI.
Here is my BOOT.INI file
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
Look at the end of the last line, "/NoExecute=OptIn". I had to edit this line. It previously was set to "/NoExecute=OptOut". Disk options in my file are specifiic to my hardware , so don't copy these to your sys.
You could check and if necessary, edit your file to OptIn, and see if it solves your problem. It solved mine.
/NoExecute= will determine how the Data Execution Prevention feature will operate. See Micosoft's Knowledge Base article 875352 for more info at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352
You will need to edit BOOT.INI. It is a hidden, read only file at the root directory of your C:\ drive. Reply if you need help with that.