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| How-To Completely Disable DEP Under Windows
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Open "System": Start > Control Panel > System |
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Click the "Advanced" tab |
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Click "Settings" under "Startup and Recovery" |
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Click "Edit" under "System Startup" to open the boot.ini file in Notepad |
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Find the text: /noexecute= |
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Update "/noexecute=" to: /noexecute=AlwaysOff |
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Save > Close Notepad > Restart the PC |
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| How-to Verify that DEP is Disabled |
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Open "System": Start > Control Panel > System |
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Click the "Advanced" tab |
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Click "Settings" under "Startup and Recovery" |
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The DEP settings should be unavailable |