cursor xp and sp2?
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by cpiper | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I have tried to download and install cursor xp after a hdd crash. However, when I download and install, my windows begins to blink on and off, and I am unable to do anything but turn the power off at the switch. If I wait long enough, then an error report comes up stating that Dr. Watson Debugger has failed and needs to close. I have uninstalled and reinstalled 3x's, all with the same results. I even edited the registry, deleting all entries I could find of stardock but this did not work either. Help please. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. My specs:
DFI LanParty UT nF3 250Gb
AMD 64 3200+
eVGA 6800GT
1024 Mushkin Level II, DDR400
Hitachi 2x120gb, SATA, Raid 0
Win XP Home w/sp2
DFI LanParty UT nF3 250Gb
AMD 64 3200+
eVGA 6800GT
1024 Mushkin Level II, DDR400
Hitachi 2x120gb, SATA, Raid 0
Win XP Home w/sp2
GreenReaper
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:16 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:16 AM
The thing is that you are using AMD 64 and SP2. Unfortunately the current version of SP2 does not play nicely with DEP. You must change c:\boot.ini so that the line saying "/noexecute=optin" says "/execute" instead. This will allow it to function correctly. You can put that back for the next version (assuming it fixes the problem!)
cpiper
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:26 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:26 PM
Thanks for your responses guys! GreenReaper, what is DEP? If I change the c:\boot.ini, so the line says "/execute" will this change anything else in programs? I found your response to be very informed. Could you explain what the "/noexecute=optin" line means so that I know what I'm changing? Thanks again for your response.
Korgul
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:58 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:58 PM
Hi,
Boot.ini (Parameter)
=
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/info/bootini.shtml
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/EXECUTE
This optionIt disables no-execute protection. See the /NOEXECUTE switch for more information.
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/NOEXECUTE
This option is only available on 32-bit versions of Windows when running on AMD64 processors and only when PAE (see the /PAE switch) is also enabled. It enables no-execute protection, which results in the Memory Manager marking pages containing data as no-execute so that they cannot be executed as code. This can be useful for preventing malicious code from exploiting buffer overflow bugs with unexpected program input in order to execute arbitrary code. No-execute protection is always enabled on 64-bit versions of Windows on AMD64 processors.
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/PAE
Causes Ntldr to load Ntkrnlpa.exe, which is the version of the x86 kernel that is able to take advantage of x86 PAEs. The PAE version of the kernel presents 64-bit physical addresses to device drivers, so this switch is helpful for testing device driver support for large memory systems.
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/NOPAE
Forces Ntldr to load the non-Physical Address Extension (PAE) version of the Windows kernel, even if the system is detected as supporting x86 PAEs and has more than 4 GB of physical memory.
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I hope that it will help.
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Sylvain St-Amand (Korgul)
[Message Edited]
Boot.ini (Parameter)
=
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/info/bootini.shtml
-
/EXECUTE
This optionIt disables no-execute protection. See the /NOEXECUTE switch for more information.
-
/NOEXECUTE
This option is only available on 32-bit versions of Windows when running on AMD64 processors and only when PAE (see the /PAE switch) is also enabled. It enables no-execute protection, which results in the Memory Manager marking pages containing data as no-execute so that they cannot be executed as code. This can be useful for preventing malicious code from exploiting buffer overflow bugs with unexpected program input in order to execute arbitrary code. No-execute protection is always enabled on 64-bit versions of Windows on AMD64 processors.
-
/PAE
Causes Ntldr to load Ntkrnlpa.exe, which is the version of the x86 kernel that is able to take advantage of x86 PAEs. The PAE version of the kernel presents 64-bit physical addresses to device drivers, so this switch is helpful for testing device driver support for large memory systems.
-
/NOPAE
Forces Ntldr to load the non-Physical Address Extension (PAE) version of the Windows kernel, even if the system is detected as supporting x86 PAEs and has more than 4 GB of physical memory.
-
I hope that it will help.
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Sylvain St-Amand (Korgul)
[Message Edited]
JanOscar
Reply #5 Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:07 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:07 PM
Also, take a look here https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&id=315386#315386
cpiper
Reply #7 Thursday, October 28, 2004 6:59 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, October 28, 2004 6:59 PM
OK, so this is SUCH a newbie question. But I have enabled hidden files and can't find the boot.ini file. I found a backup, but not the file. Could someone give me the full path? Thanks
PurrBall
Reply #8 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 7:47 AM
Reply #8 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 7:47 AM
It should be in the root folder. 
At least in 2000 it is. 98 doesn't have any of that crap.
At least in 2000 it is. 98 doesn't have any of that crap.
JanOscar
Reply #9 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 9:54 AM
Reply #9 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 9:54 AM
To edit boot.ini, right click "My Computer", Properties->Advanced->Startup and Recovery->Settings-System Startup. There's an Edit button there to access the boot.ini.
Caution! If you don't know exactly what you are doing when editing the settings in boot.ini, don't!
Caution! If you don't know exactly what you are doing when editing the settings in boot.ini, don't!
WacoPiper
Reply #10 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 10:56 AM
Reply #10 Tuesday, November 2, 2004 10:56 AM
Thanks Yrgal. Already edited boot.ini and all is good. I changed DEP settings as well. Thank you for your reply. I had system files hidden, which explains why I couldn't find the boot.ini file. So far, no problems, and cursorxp is working great.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:11 PM