My Vista Experience

I bought a new computer for my junior high school to use for video editing. It is an HP m8000n Media Center PC with Vista on it. I upgraded the OS to Vista Ultimate because I want to eventually put it on the school's network.

We are going to buy video editing software later so for mow we wanted to use the Windows Movie Maker. It worked fines at first and then stopped working. Data Execution Protection (DEP) function in Vista stopped it from working. Even after excluding Movie Maker from DEP it still did not work. The Tech at the store where I bought the computer Googled the problem and the only solution was to turn DEP off altogether.

Vista Tip: Turn off Data Execution Prevention (Windows Vista: Beyond the Manual)
http://vista.beyondthemanual.com/2006/11/vista_tip_turn_off_data_execut.html


I don't like the idea of turning off DEP but I had no other choice. Hopefully, Microsoft with have this fixed soon and i can turn DEP back on.

BTW, here is a warning for those of you considering buying a Vista computer and upgrading it from the Premium to the Ultimate or Business editions. The stores won't refund your money for the upgrade if you try and take the computer back. I was told they were not legally allowed to take back software. Buyer beware.