GrofLuigi Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I disabled it quite some time ago and forgot about it. I haven't noticed any problems with it, but I vaguely remember I read somewhere it was not recommended. Is it only for memory protection purposes, or (as I think I remember) it helps with PAE or AWE or whatever address translation is called on x64 (if it exists at all)...Sorry for not being clear, but I am very convinced I read it is strongly recommended to not turn it off, and here is my OS, working around 6 months without any problems. Any comments?Output of bcdedit:Windows Boot Manager--------------------identifier {bootmgr}device partition=C:description Windows Boot Managerlocale en-USinherit {globalsettings}default {current}resumeobject {ed361037-5239-11e1-b35a-8c185ebdf863}displayorder {current}toolsdisplayorder {memdiag}timeout 30Windows Boot Loader-------------------identifier {current}device partition=C:path \Windows\system32\winload.exedescription Windows 7locale en-USinherit {bootloadersettings}recoverysequence {ed361039-5239-11e1-b35a-8c185ebdf863}recoveryenabled Yesosdevice partition=C:systemroot \Windowsresumeobject {ed361037-5239-11e1-b35a-8c185ebdf863}nx AlwaysOffsos Yesuseplatformclock Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 NX or DEP is from preventing the execution of malicious code that can seize the whole memory. It renders a part of the memory for data storage only and if a program tries to execute code in it it just crushes. The only problem that I am aware of is with programs that doesn't respect the DEP restrictions (usually old ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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