Of course, at some point you'll probably want to turn DEP back on, so: Hit enter and you should see the confirmation: Operation Completed SuccessfullyĪfter you do this (do be sure to reboot), you'll find that HW2 runs pretty flawlessly. ![]() Type or copy and paste this into the command prompt window:Ĩ. Click the Allow button if it asks you for permissionħ. Unfortunately, it's not possible to add HW2 to the DEP exceptions list (I tried, it says DEP is required to be on for the executable), so the solution is to turn off DEP entirely:Ħ. DEP is designed as a security measure to stop programs from accessing certain things and in certain ways, so there must be something in HW2 that it doesn't like. The reason it doesn't work isn't some compatibility thing, it's Vista's own DEP (Data Execution Prevention) halting the executable from running. ![]() ![]() Of course, the patched version didn't work and all the mods need it, so that wasn't fun.Īfter a bit of digging around the 'net, I figured out how to make HW2 run with no problems on Vista/Vista 64. Well, there's been a lot of talk on these boards recently about Homeworld/Homeworld 2, so out of nostalgia and disbelief that Homeworld 2 supposedly doesn't work on Vista, I decided to reinstall it.
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