Babel-17
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Edit: I'm not sure what's up with the fix. I applied it through the .reg file and all was well for a day until I went to use Steam and play some games. Chaos ensued, Steam is acting like it was the first install and installing DirectX and all the rest. Call of Juarez: Gunslinger wouldn't launch, and DOOM launched but in FUBAR mode. Though I was able to discern what buttons to click on to set it right. I undid the registry change, rebooted, and now COJ: Gunslinger launched. A previous reinstall and reboot did nothing. The plot thickens as when I went into Windows Defender Settings Menu and I set both settings to enabled, and the problem returned after the reboot. Bottom up has a default of on. I went with that, rebooted, and now COJ: Gunslinger is working again. Bizarre, and I throw my hands up in surrender. I say avoid all of this, but keep it in mind.
I saw this posted at slashdot, read the higher ranked comments, looked at the article, and thought I'd check. Son of a gun, I didn't have it set the way they advise. I didn't even know those setting were there.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/11/17/207239/windows-8-and-later-fail-to-properly-apply-aslr
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...fail-to-properly-apply-aslr-heres-how-to-fix/
You have to click on that highlighted blue icon, and then click on Exploit protection settings in order to see the above options. Much ado about nothing, or what?
Edit: The fix might also involve editing the registry, so let’s put a pin in this. I can’t say to just go for it when it comes to regedit.
I saw this posted at slashdot, read the higher ranked comments, looked at the article, and thought I'd check. Son of a gun, I didn't have it set the way they advise. I didn't even know those setting were there.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/11/17/207239/windows-8-and-later-fail-to-properly-apply-aslr
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...fail-to-properly-apply-aslr-heres-how-to-fix/
Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and subsequent Windows 10 variations fail to properly apply ASLR, rendering this crucial Windows security feature useless.
Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is a computer security technique that randomizes the memory address where application code is executed.
ASLR made its debut in OpenBSD, in 2003, and since that time it's been added to all major operating systems, including Linux, Android, macOS, and Windows.
Microsoft added ASLR in Windows with the release of Vista, in 2006. In order to enable the feature, users had to install Microsoft EMET and use its GUI to enable ASLR in system-wide and/or application-specific states.
With the release of the Windows 10, ASLR was added to the Windows Defender Exploit Guard, and users can now enable it via the Windows Defender Security Center (under App & browser control and then Exploit protection settings).
You have to click on that highlighted blue icon, and then click on Exploit protection settings in order to see the above options. Much ado about nothing, or what?
Edit: The fix might also involve editing the registry, so let’s put a pin in this. I can’t say to just go for it when it comes to regedit.
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