Premium Members Lars Erik Posted September 17, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 I own a PC w/ Vista. Now after the new Service Pack that's been downloaded, Microsoft in all its wisdom, has decided that Quicktime is a program we need to be "protected" from. I can't play my old Quicktime program, nor download it and install it again. All because of a program called "DEP - Data Execution Prevention". Anybody had this problem? Better yet, anybody have a solution? Googled it and found out that Apple says it's a Windows thing, while Microsoft says it's an Apple thing... The famous last words of President James Dale from Mars Attacks springs to mind: "why can't we all just get along?" LE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted September 17, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Appears you're not the only person with this problem. Follow the instructions here to disable User Account Control, and it appears that'll take care of the issue without any crazy reinstallation or removal and reinstallation. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vis...-windows-vista/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Lars Erik Posted September 19, 2009 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Hi William, it didn't work. Thanks anyway. This is the last time I'm buying a computer w/ Windows. Next time Apple or maybe even the new system that Google is coming out with. Microsoft, hate 'em... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Sydney Seeber Posted September 19, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 You try this? You can add an exception for the program by using System Properties in Control Panel. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then click OK. 2. Click the Advanced tab, click Performance, and then click Settings. 3. In Performance Options, click the Data Execution Prevention tab, and then click Add. 4. In the Open dialog box, locate and then click the program. 5. Click Open, click Apply, and then click OK. When you are prompted to restart your computer, click OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members William Demeritt Posted September 19, 2009 Premium Members Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Hi William, it didn't work. Thanks anyway. This is the last time I'm buying a computer w/ Windows. Next time Apple or maybe even the new system that Google is coming out with. Microsoft, hate 'em... The Google OS could be interesting, can't wait to see more information about it. I went Mac back in 2004, and haven't really owned a PC ever since. I even built a hackintosh so I could have the performance of a Mac Pro at a price tag nobody can beat! But yea, just another instance of peculiar security controls in Windows that don't protect anything/anyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Lars Erik Posted September 19, 2009 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Hi Sydney, yup. Tried it. Didn't work. Thanks anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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