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Modifying boot.ini via group policy script (to turn off DEP)

Asked by: meirionwyllt

We have found that DEP interferes with a few of our systems, and that switching it to 'OptOut' is no enough, the only way is to turn is off completely by adding a /NoExecute switch in the Boot.ini file.

The thing is, I could easily create a GPO that would replace the boot.ini on the client machines, but I'd rather not replace the file.  Is there a way of using batch script to modify the file instead, but using some kind of lookup of something?

Or, if you know another way of switching DEP completely off.

Thanks

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by: himvyPosted on 2009-09-15 at 08:40:14ID: 25336108

 

by: meirionwylltPosted on 2009-09-15 at 09:12:59ID: 25336474

Hi, this video is for Windows Vista - there is no BCEDIT command in XP.

And for the second link, turning DEP off only for a particular program (IE8 in this case) does not work - the only way we've managed to get things working is to edit BOOT.INI and to disable DEP completely.

Any other ideas?

 

by: himvyPosted on 2009-09-16 at 09:58:16ID: 25347696


To configure DEP settings
>>Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click System.
>>Click the Advanced tab. Then, under Performance, click Settings.
>>Click the Data Execution Prevention tab.
>>Click Turn on DEP for essential Windows programs and services only to select the OptIn policy.
>>Click Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select to select the OptOut policy.
>> If you selected the OptOut policy, click Add and add the applications that you do not want to use DEP with.


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/BookofSP1/b0de1052-4101-44c3-a294-4da1bd1ef227.mspx

 

by: meirionwylltPosted on 2009-09-16 at 11:30:25ID: 25348586

No, this is what I'm saying... Opting out of DEP for Internet Explorer is not enough.

I already have an exception for Internet Explorer in DEP, but when I open Cedar eFinancials, a web-based ledger system using Oracle JInitiator, I get Internet Explorer crashing with DEP error.

However, if I turn off DEP completely - NOT the OptIn mode, but the AlwaysOff mode that can only set set by modifying BOOT.INI - then it works.

Perhaps I need to add an exception to something other than Internet Explorer, perhaps one of the JInitiator files.

Also, how do I add exceptions to DEP through group policy?

 

by: himvyPosted on 2009-09-16 at 12:02:39ID: 25348902

 

by: meirionwylltPosted on 2009-09-25 at 01:21:29ID: 25420946

I found this article to help me with my particular problem...

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Database/Oracle/9.x/Q_22572754.html

I made an exeption in DEP for 'javaw.exe' and it worked.  Now, all I need is to push this exception out via group policy.  Any ideas?

Thanks

 

by: meirionwylltPosted on 2009-09-28 at 10:39:36ID: 31628926

Seeing as my initial question was answered I will award full points.  My desired solution has slightly changed since my initial question, so I will ask another question for this.

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