Amayirot Akago Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Hey gang, I'm having an odd problem and I'm not sure what the deal is. Every time I go to watch a vid on Youtube, a window pops up saying that Data Execution Prevention has to shut down Explorer.exe, followed by an error message, after which Explorer shuts down and restarts again. What's the deal here? I've done a scan for spyware/malware/etc. earlier but it didn't fix anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875351 Microsoft's knowledgebase articles on Data Execution Prevention, which I'd never heard of before. It's apparently a Windows feature; it looks from the articles like you can turn it off/add exceptions. Dunno why YouTube would trigger it, though. Probably has something to do with the video program it uses, which is Flash, I think. Have you tried updating Flash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 just reinstall flash, and possibly your web browser if it's not windows explorer. then you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amayirot Akago Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Well, I reinstalled Flash last night, but it didn't immediately solve the problem. Turning on my computer again today, the problem hasn't occurred anymore. Weird... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 did you restart after installing flash? that's probably what it needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amayirot Akago Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Ugh, forget what I said, it's back... I've also figured out the problem isn't with Flash, since DEP pops up whenever I visit a Youtube page whether Flash is installed or not. Guess I should try reinstalling IE altogether. EDIT: Reinstalling IE and Flash had no effect, but disabling every add-on save for Flash and Java seems to have done the trick. Guess I'll have to surmise exactly which one was causing the problem. EDIT2: It still happens once every time I re-open IE, but doesn't happen anymore after that one time until I close IE. Argh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majin GeoDooD Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Try Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera instead of IE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwaltzvald Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Try Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera instead of IE. While trying these out make sure you've updated them as well as installed flash before trying out Youtube. In fact reserve IE for times when webpages do not function; heck Firefox has an IE Plugin where you can quickly switch the rendering engine of a tab from firefox to IE on the fly with a click on a button. I know sites like Megaupload would always fuck up and say I've already used them when in fact I haven't. Switched the engine to IE and soon enough it worked as it should have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phill Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 The DEP error box can be useless sometimes, but the event viewer should give you more specific information on what is causing the error. To get to the event viewer, just right click on "My Computer" and select "Manage" then select "Event Viewer" from the panel on the left. I can never remember where DEP errors show up, applications I think, but find one, should be near the top, and see if it gives any more information on the error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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