SP2 and DivX

After installing SP2 I was no longer able to right click a folder...
explorer would crash... After a litter research I found that DivX was
the cause...after uninstalling DivX my computer worked fine...

The following is taken from the DivX web site:

Some of our products may not work with Microsoft Windows XP Service
Pack 2 when a feature called Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is
enabled. DEP is enabled by default in Service Pack 2. Typical symptoms
include the following:

DivX

The DivX codec may not appear in the list of available video
compressors
DivX Pro

The DivX Pro codec may not appear in the list of available video
compressors
Dr DivX
The Dr DivX installer may exit before installation is completed
The DivX Pro codec may not appear in the list of available video
compressors
Right-clicking files in Windows Explorer may cause Explorer to crash
Data Execution Prevention may also cause other software on your system
that has not been specifically designed for SP2 compatibility to fail.
For more information on DEP, please read more about Windows XP Service
Pack 2 on MSDN.
Disabling DEP in Windows XP Service Pack 2

A short-term solution to DEP incompatibility is to disable DEP.
Disabling DEP is a security risk, and will increase the vulnerability
of your computer to certain types of attacks, but no more so than was
possible under Windows XP Service Pack 1, which did not include the
DEP feature.

If you choose to disable DEP, we recommend that you try to update all
your software and drivers to Windows XP SP2-compatible versions as
soon as they are released, and then re-enable the DEP feature.
DivXNetworks will be releasing SP2-compatible versions of all affected
products shortly. We also recommend the use of up-to-date anti-virus
and firewall software at all times.

How to disable DEP

To disable DEP, perform the following actions:

Click Start - Run
Enter Notepad %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Boot.ini
Under [operating systems] replace the parameter /NoExecute=xxxxx with
/Execute
Save the Boot.ini file
Restart your computer
IMPORTANT: Save a copy of your original Boot.ini file as a backup
before you make changes!

Hoe this helps someone...
Regards,
Glenn M




A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM...Pink Floyd

Glenn M wrote:
After installing SP2 I was no longer able to right click a folder...
explorer would crash... After a litter research I found that DivX was
the cause...after uninstalling DivX my computer worked fine...
[snip]

Have you tried using XVID instead? http://www.xvid.org/

I don't run SP2 yet (still waiting for you suckers to iron out the
problems :-), so I can't comment if it works or not.

--
Paul

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:18:56 +0100, Paul Hill
wrote:

Glenn M wrote:
After installing SP2 I was no longer able to right click a folder...
explorer would crash... After a litter research I found that DivX was
the cause...after uninstalling DivX my computer worked fine...
[snip]

Have you tried using XVID instead? http://www.xvid.org/

I don't run SP2 yet (still waiting for you suckers to iron out the
problems :-), so I can't comment if it works or not.

I don't use DivX that much since getting Vegas 5... so I will wait for
the Folks at DivX to fix the problem...
Glenn

A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM...Pink Floyd