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Data Execution Prevention (DEP) works in the background to stop viruses

and other malware from taking over programs loaded in system memory. It

doesn’t prevent viruses from being installed on your computer, but makes

them less effective. By default, DEP is only enabled for critical operating

system files in RAM, but the Data Execution Prevention tab enables you to

have DEP turned on for all running programs. It works, but you might take a

performance hit or find that some applications crash with it enabled for all

programs. Like other options in Performance Options, leaving the default

DEP settings is the best option most of the time.

Preparing for Problems

Techs need to prepare for problems. You must have critical system files and

data backed up and tools in place for the inevitable glitches. Every modern

operating system has options for backing up data and, as you might imagine,

they all offer different features. Windows offers System Restore to recover

from problems, too. Let’s take a look.

Backing Up Personal Data

The most important data on your computer is the personal data: your

documents, e-mail messages and contacts, Web favorites, photographs, and

other files. To handle backing up personal data, every version of Windows

comes with some form of backup utility. macOS and Linux of course have

backup tools as well.

Backup and Restore for Windows 7

Microsoft includes the automated and simple Backup and Restore Control

Panel applet in Windows 7. The process begins by asking where you want to

save your backup (see Figure 14-43).

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