"Mark L. Ferguson" <> wrote in
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> I would try booting to Safe Mode to do that command.
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> "C.B." <> wrote in message
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>> I turned off DEP for the purpose of trying to get a fingerprint
>> reader to function. This was after I entered the applications for the
>> fingerprint reader in the DEP exceptions box, to no avail. I used the
>> command "bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff", rebooted and was
>> successful. This did not help the situation with the fingerprint reader
>> so I tried to restart DEP using the command "bcdedit.exe /set {current}
>> nx AlwaysOn" and it was reported as successful. I then rebooted. DEP was
>> not enabled. I did this five times, rebooting each time the command
>> window said the action was successful. However, it was not successful.
>> Going to System Properties, Advanced tab, Performance, Settings and then
>> the Data Execution Prevention tab reveals that DEP is not enabled and the
>> radio buttons are grayed out, showing DEP not enabled for either
>> function.
>> I enabled DEP one more time using the command prompt and then tried
>> to enable one of these buttons before rebooting and the buttons were
>> still grayed out, so it doesn't really matter if I try to click on the
>> radio button before or after the reboot following a successful command
>> prompt. I don't know why I should have to enable the radio button anyway
>> as the command prompt should do it for me.
>> Does anyone know why I cannot enable DEP and why I cannot access the
>> radio buttons? System Restore does not reenable DEP. Would a True Image
>> restore do it for me? I would appreciate any assistance provided?
>> Thank you for your time.
>>
>> C.B.
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Mr. Ferguson,
Thank you very much for your reply. I appreciate it very much. Anyway,
I decided to go ahead and do a True Image restore because if I did not do it
now the latest full restore would be overwritten by a new one in two hours.
Of course, the new one would have the DEP disabled because it would be based
on my configurations of today.
I always do a full restore, overwriting the existing one every night to
two different locations, one in the Secure Zone and another one an hour
later to an external drive. I then backup the external drive backup one hour
later to a second external drive, giving me three backups. I don't use
incremental or differential backups because I want to be able to restore
quickly. I limit my True Image backup space to only one backup. I also do a
monthly backup to my externals using the Backup and Restore function of my
Vista Ultimate. In addition to this I do a monthly backup to my externals
using the backup program that came with my WD My Book external drives. I
don't trust any backup software, whether or not the backups are validated. I
am a firm believer in redundancy. Overkill? That's a matter of opinion. It
doesn't cost me any time as all the backups are done automatically.
I tried System Restore but it did not reenable DEP, even though DEP was
certainly enabled on the previous restore point. I only disabled DEP today.
The restore points were for yesterday and before and again, it did not
restore DEP.
Thank you again.
C.B.
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