DEP - Turn off or leave on?

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I have been having a number of issues recently related to DEP, both in XP and Vista.
Strange as was not really even that aware of it until now!

Anyway, question is, how much of a risk is it to turn it off?
Many articles seem to suggest it should not hugely compromise security but would like opinions on here.

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Andrew
 
I turned it off attempting to get an old game to work (Manhunt - known problem.)

I can't for the life of me remember where the hack was I turned it off with, and I'll need it to turn it back on!

Thus far, my security seems not to have been compromised...
 
Snograt said:
I turned it off attempting to get an old game to work (Manhunt - known problem.)

I can't for the life of me remember where the hack was I turned it off with, and I'll need it to turn it back on!

Thus far, my security seems not to have been compromised...
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Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Performance Settings -> DEP tab?
 
This command in command prompt turns it off,

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

change the Off at the end to On, to turn it on again.
 
If you're going back, the Vista default isn't AlwaysOn, it's OptIn, so returning DEP to the previous state would be:

bcdedit.exe /set nx OptIn
 
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