i dnt know wat happened... i installed some acrobat 8 updates and restarted then and now wen i close an explorer window it comes up with a message saying that DEP found something wrong with explorer and now it has to close.. then explorer closes and then restarts.. any folder i close this is happening now.. i dnt know y, it'x windows xp sp3 if anyone can help.. thanks guys...
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DEP says that Explorer is faulty
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snugglez64,
Something happened but don't know what.
First time I've run across this with Adobe.
There is probably a setting in the registry which is messed up now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.....Prevention
TRY (ALWAYS OFF) to (TEMPORARILY) get you going.
Maybe (jd2066) knows a registry setting off the top of his head to fix the issue and let you Opt-In.
PASTED FROM Wikipedia
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DEP configuration for the system is controlled through switches in the Boot.ini file,[1] while opt-in or opt-out settings can be configured by using the System dialog box in Control Panel.[1]
The Boot.ini file settings are as follows: /noexecute= policy_level Note policy_level is defined as AlwaysOn, AlwaysOff, OptIn, or OptOut.
OptIn: This setting is the default configuration for Windows XP. On systems with processors that can implement hardware-enforced DEP, DEP is enabled by default for limited system binaries and programs that "opt-in." With this option, only Windows system binaries are covered by DEP by default.
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OptOut: This setting is the default configuration for Windows 2003 SP1. DEP is enabled by default for all processes. A list of specific programs that should not have DEP applied can be entered using the System dialog box in Control Panel. Network administrators can use the Application Compatibility Toolkit to "opt-out" one or more programs from DEP protection. System compatibility fixes, or shims, for DEP do take effect. Also note that Windows silently disables DEP for certain executables, such as those packaged with ASPack. [5]
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AlwaysOn: This setting provides full DEP coverage for the whole system. All processes always run with DEP applied. The exceptions list to exempt specific programs from DEP protection is not available. System compatibility fixes for DEP do not take effect. Programs that have been opted-out by using the Application Compatibility Toolkit run with DEP applied.
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AlwaysOff: This setting does not provide any DEP coverage for any part of the system, regardless of hardware DEP support. (except in Windows Vista Ultimate[citation needed])
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Kindest Regards,
Rick P.♦:)
Snugglez, for what it's worth, my XP SP3 system is set to the default with the /NoExecute=OptIn switch in BOOT.INI. That system does NOT have hardware DEP capabilities.
At grc.com, Steve Gibson has a page that talks about DEP and a little utility that will tell you if your processor supports Hardware DEP:
http://www.grc.com/securable.htm
It's possible the Adobe program installed a Shell Extension that causes the crash. You can use ShellExView to disable any Adobe Shell Extensions and see if it helps.
Note: The "Adobe PDF Link Helper" extension is for viewing PDFs in Internet Explorer so it shouldn't be causing a Windows Explorer crash.
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