What is the “Data Execution Prevention”, short DEP?
The DEP Data Execution Prevention is a security feature that has been available since Windows XP SP2. You will also find this feature in Windows Vista and Windows 7. It’s trying to prevent that certain applications and services can execute code from a non-executable memory region. It’s a useful feature that can help to prevent a buffer overflow and it even helps to fix problems for some games like “Age of Mythology, but it can also cause a lot of problems. I am posting this solution how to disable and enable the Data Execution Prevention on request of a reader who had serious problems with this feature: Question asked by Raaghav K. I was using win7 for little bit time it was not supporting softwares which were supported by XP I guessed it to be the Data Execution Prevention in the 7. While there might be other causes why your software is not running, I’ll try to explain you how you can turn off the DEP. By the way, I sent a mail to all subscribers that all of your questions are more th
