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bobinatcat
27th of April 2009 (Mon), 05:31
Anyone else had this pop up?
It is when browsing the files on my hard disc and whilst on CF.
When you click close message, I closes all windows explorer windows :mad:
I'm running XP sp3.

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Moppie
27th of April 2009 (Mon), 05:37
What spec is your computer?
bobinatcat
27th of April 2009 (Mon), 05:43
athlon 2000ghz+
1gb ram
sapearl
27th of April 2009 (Mon), 05:49
Hi Bob - short answer is I don't really know. However I suspect it may be a memory issue, as many OS issues usually can be. Your 1GB of ram should be adequate, but it may not. Have you considered added more ram? It's really cheap now.

Also, are you running any other apps at the same time that may be hogging resources? Are other programs secretly loading at startup? You may want to check and see what's loading at boot. - Stu
Moppie
27th of April 2009 (Mon), 05:50
Lots of reading here on the subject: http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=windows+xp+data+execution+prevention&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=0&oq=windows+XP+data+execution


But, it appears XP thinks there is some malicous trying to run on your system, and is working to prevent it.

Does this occur when browsing one folder in particular, or is it random?
bobinatcat
27th of April 2009 (Mon), 06:00
Hi Bob - short answer is I don't really know. However I suspect it may be a memory issue, as many OS issues usually can be. Your 1GB of ram should be adequate, but it may not. Have you considered added more ram? It's really cheap now.

Also, are you running any other apps at the same time that may be hogging resources? Are other programs secretly loading at startup? You may want to check and see what's loading at boot. - Stu

seems to happen more frequently with CS2 open.
adding more ram i hadnt considered, but adding a second hard disc is about it in my computer building skills :oops:

Lots of reading here on the subject: http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=windows+xp+data+execution+prevention&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=0&oq=windows+XP+data+execution


But, it appears XP thinks there is some malicous trying to run on your system, and is working to prevent it.

Does this occur when browsing one folder in particular, or is it random?

seems to be a few certain ones...the thing that gets me is I have a compact and the 30d, and it appears to happen in the same folders with pics from both, so i cant narrow it down to one or the other. :confused:

having said all this i have turned DEP off in windows explorer and it seems to have stopped for the moment. *lets hope AVG does its job if there is a nasty!

*thanks for the help!
Yogesh Sarkar
27th of April 2009 (Mon), 14:17
Might be a virus or some other malware, try hijackthis or some other scanner and see if they come up with something.