IIS: How to disable Data Execution Prevention in Windows Server 2008?
I've been trying to disable DEP on my windows 2008 dev box and have not succeeded.
I've tried: System Properties->Performance Options->Data Execution Prevention->Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only
(still happens)
System Properties->Performance Options->Data Execution Prevention->Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select
in this case, i tried to choose both inetinfo.exe and w3wp.exe in the c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\ folder, and when selected, I receive this error:
"You can not set DEP attributes on 64-bit executables".
I'm sure that there is some memory leak somewhere - but that is a separate problem. I'm happy to live with it for a while in my development environment (in fact that is where I need to let it go so I can see it)
Any help would be appreciated!
Thx, Doug
Answer
The GUI does not show the 4 modes of DEP operation.
You need to do it at boot time:Boot Parameters to Configure DEP and PAE
However, more info on the error message:
System DEP configuration settings apply only for 32-bit applications and processes when running on 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows. On 64-bit versions of Windows, if hardware-enforced DEP is available it is always applied to 64-bit processes and kernel memory spaces and there are no system configuration settings to disable it.