More on the DEP issue
Thursday, March 29th, 2007 by Paul Roberts Posted in Geeks Corner | No Comments »It turns out that it might be possible to have the installer automatically add a program to the DEP exclusion list, at least on some PCs. I've experimented with this, and though it doesn't seem to be 100% sucessful in ... (Read full post)
Double-edged swords: DEP and Spam Filters
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 by Paul Roberts Posted in Geeks Corner | No Comments »DEP (Data Execution Prevention) is a feature designed to stop exploits based on buffer overruns and similar software weaknesses. It's a great idea, and it's present in XP SP2, Windows 2003 Server and Vista, though you need a fairly recent ... (Read full post)
Vista and the “post-install run” problem
Monday, March 19th, 2007 by Paul Roberts Posted in Geeks Corner | No Comments »I've recently made changes to the installers for three of our products, PromptPal, ColorCache, and PTFB. This forced me to take another look at the whole "run after install" situation on Vista. If you're not familiar with this issue, here's the ... (Read full post)