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More info?)
Thanx Bob,
I have done all of that and still get the message that connection with
defrag has been lost.
"Bob Harris" wrote:
> I assume that DEP is not the name of your defragmenter.
>
> A quick websearch of "DEP defrag" returned this hint:
>
> Another error message that might appear when you run some applications is
> titled "Data Application Prevention". When this message shows up, it will
> also tell you that the program you are running, or attempting to run, will
> be closed. The message box includes the statement that this was to prevent a
> virus or other security threat from damaging your computer. This data
> execution prevention (DEP) is a new feature of Windows XP. This function is
> used to prevent an application from attempting to run code that is in a
> memory page that is marked for data. To try to clarify this for the
> non-programmer, when you run software it loads program instruction code and
> the information used as data in different memory areas. A specific example
> would be running a word processing program. The program is loaded as
> instructions and what you type is considered data. These are supposed to be
> kept separate. Some hacker software (trojans) can overrun a data page buffer
> and then begin executing the code. DEP is designed to prevent this from
> happening. So, if you get this message when you run one of your
> applications, you need to check with the manufacturer for an update that
> will allow it to run without creating a DEP error. If there is no update
> available, then check article 875351 in Microsoft's support pages for how to
> work around this problem. You can make an exception for the program that is
> causing the problem.
>
> Also, before running any defragger, be sure to run a CHKDSK on the partition
> to verify that the file system is OK. If any errors are found, run CHKDSK
> with the /F option (or the /R option, which checks/fixes more things), then
> reboot if asked (usually required). You can also run CHKDSK from the XP
> recovery console, directly from the XP CDROM. In that casem the only fix-it
> option is /R not /F.
>
>
> "tomhh" <tomhh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F0ADA54E-8091-4968-9389-7D3AB5BFFF05@microsoft.com...
> > Computer has slowed significantly. Nortons, spyware. spybot and ad-aware
> > all
> > negative. No luck with Restore. Disc is moderately fragmented.
> > Defragmenter
> > stops at 3% and states that DEP has stopped it. Cancelling DEP results in
> > the
> > defrag stopping at the same place with message 'connection with defrag has
> > been lost'. How should I proceed. Dell deminsion 8100, 1 Mhz with XP. No
> > new
> > programs recently.
> > Thanx.
>
>
>
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