Autograph And Data Execution Prevention

[DaveP]

Up until 'recently' or install Autograph was working perfectly. We have had a visit from a member of the Maths Department because Autograph is now failing to start properly.

I say 'recently' because I am sure that Autograph has not been called upon for quite some time in the computer suites.

There is a fix but it requires us to visit each machine that has the issue in turn and add an exception in Data Execution Prevention for Autograph.

Is there a way of doing this centrally/via Group Policy?

Many thanks.

Server OS: Windows Server 2008: 64 Bit: Service Pack 2
Client OS: Windows XP Pro: Service Pack 3.

[fawkers]

Hello DaveP

You need to put a group policy preference in place to edit the registry

Action Replace 
PropertiesHive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE 
Key path SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers 
Value name C:\Program Files\Autograph\agraph.exe 
Value type REG_SZ 
Value data DisableNXShowUI

Hope this helps

[DaveP]

Thanks. Tested and working. Saved no end of running around from station to station.

Added rep for this reply.

[DaveP]

@fawkers:

As you have supplied me with the answer to my Autograph issue I am hoping you might also be able to help with this one:

Link: Capture Mouse Upon Virtual Machine Startup

Any ideas?

Thanks.