Please Hellp Me

Whenever I double click on my computer icon it fails to open up and a message comes up about data execution prevention. When I try to get into the control panel does also does not work and comes up with the same message. What is causing this problem and how do I solve it.

Thanks

The only thought that hit me was: is your AV and firewall up to date and working correctly? Anything beyond that and you'll need a more techy person, sorry.

Found this on the MS site, read the whole page and see if the settings have been changed in the Device Manager > Advanced > Performance Settings > Advanced > Data Execution Prevention area, or in the Boot.ini file.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352

You have to be logged in as Admin or have Admin rights to configure it all.

About halfway down the page, it gives instructions to get to the area I mentioned above.

EG. 1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl, and then click OK.

Thanks guys was the help although had fixed it earlier after doing a web search. Everything is up to date so does anyone have an idea of how configuration was changed without me doing it.