Note: Because 64-bit kernels are Address Windowing Extensions (AWE) aware, there is not a separate PAE kernel in 64-bit versions of Windows.įor more information about PAE and AWE in Windows Server 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:Ģ83037 ( ) Large memory support is available in Windows Server 2003 and in Windows 2000 Users do not have to separately enable PAE by using the /PAE boot switch. However, Windows will automatically enable PAE mode to support DEP. To use these processor features, the processor must be running in Physical Address Extension (PAE) mode.
DEP helps prevent these attacks by intercepting them and raising an exception. A class of attacks exists that tries to insert and run code from non-executable memory locations. Hardware-enforced DEP marks all memory locations in a process as non-executable unless the location explicitly contains executable code. One kind of malicious code attacks tries to insert and run code from non-executable memory locations.
What is the DEP ?!!! Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies that perform additional checks on memory to help protect against malicious code exploits. In some cases, the server needs to be physically shutdown in order for the new BIOS settings to take effect. Resolution: Enable Hardware virtualization or DEP in the BIOS. The virtual machine could not be started because the hypervisor is not running.Ĭause: Hardware virtualization or DEP was disabled in the BIOS. After the Hyper-V role is installed, When you try to create a new virtual machine, it fails to start with the following error: