cursor xp and sp2?

Try to reinstall windows. and after installation, install a virus scanner first then install cursorXP. I am using it with SP2 without any problem.

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!)

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.

Hi,

Boot.ini (Parameter)

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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)




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Also, take a look here https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WC&id=315386#315386

Thanks Sylvain and Yrgal. I'll give it a shot.

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

It should be in the root folder. At least in 2000 it is. 98 doesn't have any of that crap.

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!

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.