DEP and SP2 errors

[m maze]

upgraded XP Pro to SP2....when trying to browse the
Recycle Bin...get a DEP Message (Data Execution
Prevention) and it won't let me view the contents of the
RB....(GPF's and wants to send Uncle Bill an error
report)...unless I disable the new feature "Data Execution
Prevention" from Explorer...what's up with that...is this
a bug...can I safeley disable DEP from Windows Explorer???


m maze

 

[Don Taylor]

upgraded XP Pro to SP2....when trying to browse the
Recycle Bin...get a DEP Message (Data Execution
Prevention) and it won't let me view the contents of the
RB....(GPF's and wants to send Uncle Bill an error
report)...unless I disable the new feature "Data Execution
Prevention" from Explorer...what's up with that...is this
a bug...can I safeley disable DEP from Windows Explorer???

After reading thousands of these postings, trying to sort through
them and see what categories they fall into... it appears that
Windows Explorer=%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe "has issues." It simply
crashes for some folks, it crashes on certain keystrokes or mouse
clicks for other folks, in my case it refuses all mouse clicks and
keystrokes and the speakers just "pong" at me when I try. I'm
guessing that this problem will appear when anyone tries to use
anything that uses windows explorer, the recycling bin, control
panel, folder shortcuts, etc.

I've seen NOTHING yet that appears to be evidence for a real cause
for this or that appears to be a definite fix. But there are enough
people that are reporting similar sorts of problems that I think
you can safely bet there are at least a couple of bugs in this.

You can open an incident with Microsoft over this, I did and they
got back to me. Go to www.microsoft.com/windowsxpsp2 and start it
up. Their analysis was "some file must be corrupted, do a windows
repair and then re-install the full 250 megabyte SP2 while in safe
mode, twice." That may or may not apply to you, use with care, it
isn't unheard of for a tech support series of instructions to be
wrong or even to make things worse. But sometimes they are right.
(google for my recent postings to the group to see the complete
email from them describing the steps, if you like.)

I hope it all works out

 

[SlowJet]

A discovery maybe, but not a root cause.

If the registery is bad before the install why would
expectations be a clean outcome?
If the disk surface has bad areas that have never been
used why would expectations be greater than a 50% outcome
(faith in Cheap-A-Inexpensive-Disk?

So yes, if you delete old files and write new files in a
diffent place odds are the install may find enough good
surface to finish the install and boot up.
It may even run for a few weeks or months.

BUT, if you think that multipe installs magically
corrected code bugs, then you are as illogicall as a
drunk and those kids that say, "Let's wait a month before
we install SP2 until it gets better."

And weeds go dieing one by one.
Hurah, Hurah.
And weeds go dieing one by one.
Hurah, Hurah.
The weeds go dieing one by one,
the little stops cause eit will not run,
And they all go marching down to ground,
to get out of the BOOT-LOOP sound

dum, dum, dum

SJ

 

[Jon]

You can disable DEP by changing the "/NoExecute=OptIn" option in your
boot.ini file
to
/NoExecute=AlwaysOff

(make sure it's exactly that or you may have booting problems)

Make a backup copy of your c:\boot.ini first and set a Restore Point

Edit it eg via Right-clicking "My Computer" > Properties > Advanced >
"Settings" (under startup & recovery) > Edit

Then try rebooting

Jon

 

[Peter]

File a free support query here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;Prodoffer80&sd=GN
They are quick to get back to you