Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for your expertise.
My system will not allow me to access my files in "my music" section of "My
Documents." It closes the window with the message "data execution and
administration". I learned that I can access certain folders by going
through the "open host folder" in the Windows Media Library index, but that
stopped allowing me access also. I'm real "green" (a newbie) to computers,
and admit to being pretty lame at comprehending reports. Any suggestions as
to what I should do next?

Any suggestions as to what I should do next?[/QUOTE Wrote:
>
> You can always turn off Dep;
> To disable DEP, you have to make a change to the BOOT.INI file in the
> root of the partition from which the computer boots. To boot into safe
> mode, press F8 a few times after the BIOS has finished its booting and
> Windows begins to load. Once you have booted into safe mode, use these
> steps:
>
> Right-click on My Computer and select Properties.
> Click on the Advanced tab.
> Click on the third button—settings for system start options.
> Click on the Edit button to edit the boot.ini file.
> Carefully edit the /NoExecute=OptIn string and change it to AlwaysOff.
> This part at the end of the line should now read: /NoExecute=AlwaysOff
>
> Save and close the dialog boxes by clicking on OK.
> Best,
> Treeman


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Treeman

Treeman wrote:
> Any suggestions as to what I should do next?[/QUOTE Wrote:
>>
>> You can always turn off Dep;
>> To disable DEP, you have to make a change to the BOOT.INI file in the
>> root of the partition from which the computer boots. To boot into
>> safe mode, press F8 a few times after the BIOS has finished its
>> booting and Windows begins to load. Once you have booted into safe
>> mode, use these steps:
>>
>> Right-click on My Computer and select Properties.
>> Click on the Advanced tab.
>> Click on the third button—settings for system start options.
>> Click on the Edit button to edit the boot.ini file.
>> Carefully edit the /NoExecute=OptIn string and change it to
>> AlwaysOff. This part at the end of the line should now read:
>> /NoExecute=AlwaysOff
>>
>> Save and close the dialog boxes by clicking on OK.
>> Best,
>> Treeman

Turning DEP off will fix the symptom but not the problem.

Kerry
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daBrat wrote:
> Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for your expertise.
> My system will not allow me to access my files in "my music" section
> of "My Documents." It closes the window with the message "data
> execution and administration". I learned that I can access certain
> folders by going through the "open host folder" in the Windows Media
> Library index, but that stopped allowing me access also. I'm real
> "green" (a newbie) to computers, and admit to being pretty lame at
> comprehending reports. Any suggestions as to what I should do next?

You could follow Treeman's instrstrctions and turn off DEP. You will be able
to access the files but whatever is causing the problem will still be there.
It is likely you have installed some multimedia program that is causing the
problem. When you access the folder with the files in it this program is
called by Windows if it is in the right-click context menu. Did the problem
start soon after you installed a video or audio program? Some versions of
divx and winamp commonly cause this. There may be others as well.

Kerry

"Kerry Brown" wrote:

> daBrat wrote:
> > Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for your expertise.
> > My system will not allow me to access my files in "my music" section
> > of "My Documents." It closes the window with the message "data
> > execution and administration". I learned that I can access certain
> > folders by going through the "open host folder" in the Windows Media
> > Library index, but that stopped allowing me access also. I'm real
> > "green" (a newbie) to computers, and admit to being pretty lame at
> > comprehending reports. Any suggestions as to what I should do next?
>
> You could follow Treeman's instrstrctions and turn off DEP. You will be able
> to access the files but whatever is causing the problem will still be there.
> It is likely you have installed some multimedia program that is causing the
> problem. When you access the folder with the files in it this program is
> called by Windows if it is in the right-click context menu. Did the problem
> start soon after you installed a video or audio program? Some versions of
> divx and winamp commonly cause this. There may be others as well.
>
> Kerry
>
Yes! As a matter of fact, it did start while I was downloading some
files/programs off the internet. That has been my fear...that it is a virus
or something because of it.

daBrat wrote:
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
>> daBrat wrote:
>>> Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for your expertise.
>>> My system will not allow me to access my files in "my music" section
>>> of "My Documents." It closes the window with the message "data
>>> execution and administration". I learned that I can access certain
>>> folders by going through the "open host folder" in the Windows Media
>>> Library index, but that stopped allowing me access also. I'm real
>>> "green" (a newbie) to computers, and admit to being pretty lame at
>>> comprehending reports. Any suggestions as to what I should do next?
>>
>> You could follow Treeman's instrstrctions and turn off DEP. You will
>> be able to access the files but whatever is causing the problem will
>> still be there. It is likely you have installed some multimedia
>> program that is causing the problem. When you access the folder with
>> the files in it this program is called by Windows if it is in the
>> right-click context menu. Did the problem start soon after you
>> installed a video or audio program? Some versions of divx and winamp
>> commonly cause this. There may be others as well.
>>
>> Kerry
>>
> Yes! As a matter of fact, it did start while I was downloading some
> files/programs off the internet. That has been my fear...that it is a
> virus or something because of it.

What multimedia programs do you have installed? Video/DVD/audio players?

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Kerry