sumasage Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I recently builded a new computer with an Opteron 170 Dual Core processor. I installed Win XP Pro (32bit version) and notice that the computer behave somewhat differently. Some how i cant use the ping function due to Data Execution Prevention (DEP), and yes i tried to turn DEP off but it doesnt have an option that will allows me to turn it off. Anyway i just want to find out if running win xp 32bit version will perform any different on a 64bit processor? Also could it be that i'm running a server CPU that it is acting different? Thanks.Title edited -- Please, use [TAGS] in your topic's title.Follow new rules--Sonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 and yes i tried to turn DEP off but it doesnt have an option that will allows me to turn it offhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/912923/en-us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 The 32-bit operating system will work fine on a 64-bit processor, it just won't take advantage of 64-bit mode.DEP can be disabled in BIOS setup, as M$ link above shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxamoto Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 (edited) Additionally, you can kill DEP at boot time by adding /noexecute=AlwaysOff to your boot.ini. Per the KB:"This setting does not provide any DEP coverage for any part of the system, regardless of hardware DEP support. The processor does not run in PAE mode unless the /PAE option is present in the Boot.ini file."You can view the full article Here Edited February 24, 2006 by maxamoto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Note that the boot.ini option only works on 32bit - it will do nothing on x64 Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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