Data Execution Prevention (DEP) configuration
The information in this article applies to:
Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server
Application-tier server
Data-tier server
Health check
The Best Practices Analyzer tool for Team Foundation Server checks the server's boot.ini file for system startup to determine its Data Execution Prevention (DEP) configuration. DEP is a set of hardware and software technologies that help prevent malicious code from running.
The messages that appear are informational only. For more information about DEP configuration, see "A detailed description of the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) feature in Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, and Windows Server 2003" in the Knowledge Base on the Microsoft Web site.