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If you have windows Vista and S60 3rd SDK , and tried to launch the emulator and it didn't come up.. i think the next lines will help you..

There is two reasons for this conflict :

1. The realtek HD audio driver that almost is present on Your PC.

2. Some option called DEP ( Data Execution Prevention ) that maintains security concerns on Vista.

to get over this Problem and get your emulator working here is a tempo solution that works with me:

1. Disable the Audio HD driver from device manager.

2. Disable DEP option for Vista by :

"Run a command prompt as administrator. From the start menu, select "All Programs", then "Accessories" and right-click on the "Command Prompt" shortcut and choose "Run As Administrator". From here you can use the following command to disable Data Execution Prevention (DEP) with the following command:

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

If you wana enable DEP back on do this :

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOn.

its not recommended that you always disable DEP , but thats how the emulator can work at least for now , until the big brothers make some intrinsic fix (mostly for S60 3RD ).

I hope it works for you..

See also

• Moving to Windows Vista
• Windows Vista