Hardware based DEP within Windows VM

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akc
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Joined: 30. Jul 2009, 06:08
Primary OS: MS Windows XP
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Windows Server 2003

Hardware based DEP within Windows VM

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Hi All,
I am new to vbox & was wondering if DEP/data execution prevention works properly within virtualbox windows virtual machines?

I am running virtualbox on a XP Pro Sp3 host which has hardware DEP available & working properly. I have setup a Windows Server 2003 R2/Sp2 virtual machine which has DEP enabled in it but DEP isnt working. I have read the virtualbox manual entry on dep & have ticked the 'Enable PAE/NX' option within settings -> system -> processor & rebooted host & guest systems but I still havent had any success.

Am i missing something? I really need to be able to get hardware dep functioning properly so any help or info would be much appreciated.

Thanks a lot!
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