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Resolved DEP interference

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by rc17, 2011/12/24.

  1. 2011/12/24
    rc17

    rc17 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I installed EMET. It then somehow got DEP going the wrong way. I uninstalled EMET. :eek: I was wrong. After finally finding DEP isn't on and i don't know how to get it back on. How do i turn it back on? The 2 choices are grayed out. Seems EMET did a lot more than just "protect" my computer. XP Pro MCE2005
     
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  2. 2011/12/24
    MrBill

    MrBill SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Why did you download EMET?
     
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  4. 2011/12/25
    rc17

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    I have Spybot, CCleaner, Avast and EMET seemed to sound like a good extra measure of security. Now i can't get DEP on and it seems the XP OS won't let me play older games without it. Anyway i still need to get DEP on and am at loss as how to get it to let me turn it on. As i said before the choices are grayed out.
     
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  5. 2011/12/25
    SpywareDr

    SpywareDr SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Have you tried using Windows' "System Restore" to roll Windows back to a state before you installed EMET?
     
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  6. 2011/12/25
    ephemarial

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    Look at this Setting DEP (towards the bottom) and modify the boot.ini line that contains noexecute = to read noexecute = OptIn.

    If the noexecute = xxxx line isn’t there - add it like in the example using notepad.
     
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  7. 2011/12/25
    rc17

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    Thank you very much ephemarial and SpywareDr !!! The system restore didn't work for some reason but changing the boot.ini file did the trick. Once i restarted everything is back to normal! :D
     
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  8. 2011/12/26
    SpywareDr

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    Excellent news! Thanks for letting us know what worked for you. :)
     
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