Running Homeworld 2 with Windows Vista

If you have problems, getting ৺Homeworld 2 running with windows ৺vista, you can solve it this way:

The problem is caused by the ৺DEP (৺Data Execution Prevention coming with Windows ৺Vista.
৺Homeworld 2 trys to write into "reserved" memory - and is stoped by the ৺DEP.
(okay, so its better to say, that the problem is caused by ৺Homeworld 2)

Unfortunately there is no update or work around, expecting this one: Disable ৺DEP

you can to this very fast:
Go to Start > cmd (Run as Admin) and type:



NOTE: The ৺DEP protects your computer from viciousness software, so it is NOT recommendet to turn it of all the time. Turn it on, after you played enough. ;-)

Don't forget to perform a system reboot after you received the "Operation successfull message".

To turn the ৺DEP on again, you need to type the following (Admin again)



৺Vista owns a way to add exceptions for some programs. In my case this don't worked...