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I'm running a Windows 7 desktop with an NVIDIA GeForce 210 display adapter. It was working fine until I upgraded my ~1 year old video drivers to the now-current release version 285.62. Now, when I launch NVIDIA Control Panel, the program crashes and Windows informs me that it was closed to prevent data execution (DEP).

I then tried the current beta driver 290.53, which did not fix the issue.

Why might this be happening and how can I change the driver settings? Fundamentally I want to swap which monitor is the primary one.

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If you are using a HP computer, please go in the BIOS and disable the DEP. This might do the trick. I have done that on all (380) PCs on my company and we've fix several issues with that.

Let me know!

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Isn't it fundamentally risky to disable DEP? Data execution is a pretty common attack vector for viruses. – Eric J. Dec 22 '11 at 18:33
I don't think it is. As long as you have a reliable virus protection. – r0ca Dec 22 '11 at 18:57
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