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    Disable DEP

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by thunderbirds, Jun 16, 2015.

  1. thunderbirds

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    Anyway to disable DEP?
     
    thunderbirds, Jun 16, 2015
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  2. DeeX

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    Yes, there are ways to turn it of but this makes me curious and want to dig deeper. This would be more of a Windows specific question.
    So exactly why do you want to disable DEP?
     
    DeeX, Jun 16, 2015
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    Im running an application that always crashes due to DEP enabled, works fine on other comp which DEP disabled
     
    thunderbirds, Jun 16, 2015
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    Resolved - Found it in Bios
     
    thunderbirds, Jun 17, 2015
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    I hate it as well. DEP and DSE both suck, and so do Secure Boot and Secure Flash. Just more command and control trash from the Redmond Tech Nazis.

    You can also run this from an admin command prompt without touching the BIOS:
    Code: 
    bcdedit /set {current} nx AlwaysOff
     
    Mr. Fox, Jun 21, 2015
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    You can run this command without disabling secureboot from BIOS
    You can run this command once disabled Secureboot from BIOS
    thats how i disabled it
     
    thunderbirds, Jun 21, 2015
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    Where exactly in the BIOS?
     
    CGSDR, Jun 25, 2015
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    Disable Secureboot then u can execute the command in cmd
    bcdedit /set {current} nx AlwaysOff
    secureboot.jpg
     
    thunderbirds, Jun 26, 2015
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    What are the benefits of disabling DEP? I never heard of it before
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Jun 27, 2015
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