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Old October 14th 18, 12:38 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default Data Execution Prevention (DEP)

On Sun, 14 Oct 2018 00:04:14 -0600, Jeff Barnett wrote:
[Win 7 Pro SP1 64-bit with I7-4930K CPU]

Several years ago it was difficult to use the DEP capability provided by
modern hardware because both older programs and the OS played silly
tricks to save a microsecond here and there. I, like most of you I
presume, only turned on DEP capability for OS functions. My question is
what is recommended for today given that I'm no longer running all those
old 95, 98, and XP programs that I thought I couldn't live without? Is
it now standard to turn DEP on for everything? It's been years since
I've seen any discussion of this topic and I'd like to get caught up.


Considering that nowadays softwares put more effort on cool looks, I doubt
they even care about compatibility with DEP - even if the applications are
system tools which require administrator priviledges.

However, I'd recommand configuring DEP for all programs. If any program is
not compatible with DEP, then the program shouldn't be in the system. The
exception is when they're old programs (i.e. not DEP aware), a non system
tool, or if they're trully indispensable.

DEP is an important protection and should be enabled for any program which
require administrator priviledges. Especially if they're popular programs,
because they tend to be targetted by malwares.
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