How To Disable Windows DEP (Data Execution Prevention) (4215942)

DEP is a security feature built into Microsoft operating systems that prevents an application or service from executing code from a non-executable memory region. DEP will somtimes terminate Archive Manager threads from being spawned including the FTIAttachmentWorker.exe and iFilterHost.exe as these are secondary threads spawned by the Archive Manager Full Text Index Service.exe.

In Windows Server 2008:

1. Click Start, select Run and type in Command.
2. Click OK.
3. In the Command Prompt window, type in the following command:

bcdedit /set nx AlwaysOff

1. Restart the computer.

In Windows Server 2000/2003

1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings under the Startup and Recovery field.
3. In the System startup field, click Edit. The Boot.ini file opens in Notepad.
4. In Notepad, click Find on the Edit menu.
5. In the Find what box, type /noexecute, and then click Find Next.
6. In the Find dialog box, click Cancel.
7. Replace policy_level with AlwaysOff.
   
   WARNING Make sure that you enter the text accurately. The Boot.ini file switch should now read: /noexecute=AlwaysOff
8. In Notepad, click Save on the File menu.
9. Click OK two times.
10. Restart the computer.