Windows Explorer

[Guest]

I'm constantly getting a message (Data Execution Prevention - Microsoft
Windows) stating: "To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this
program. Name: Windows Explorer / Publisher: Microsoft Corporation"
The second screen states: "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and
needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
Then an option to send error report comes up.
This has been almost continuous after downloading SP2. It doesn't seem to
affect any of the programs, but it's really annoying.

 

[Malke]

I'm constantly getting a message (Data Execution Prevention -
Microsoft Windows) stating: "To help protect your computer, Windows
has closed this
program. Name: Windows Explorer / Publisher: Microsoft Corporation"
The second screen states: "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem
and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
Then an option to send error report comes up.
This has been almost continuous after downloading SP2. It doesn't seem
to affect any of the programs, but it's really annoying.

See if either of these Knowledge Base articles help:

You receive a "Data Execution Prevention" error message in Windows XP
Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid= 875351

Description of the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=875352 (for hardware
issues)

And here are some other helpful troubleshooting sites:

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm and
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#General

http://forum.aumha.org/index.php - See SP2 forums

Malke