Question
How can you enable hardware DEP (Data Exection Prevention) and still have NS Agent function?
Answer
Currently, with DEP set to "AlwaysOn" it will prevent the Altiris Service from starting. Turning off DEP (Data Exection Prevention) is a course of action, you can still enable DEP while allowing the Altiris Service to pass through DEP.
Here are the steps:
DEP should look like this:
The following scenario worked:
1. Hardware DEP is ON
2. Software DEP is set to OptOut
3. Exclude the Altiris service in the registry