diff --git a/GleeBug/Debugger.Loop.Exception.cpp b/GleeBug/Debugger.Loop.Exception.cpp
index b9db2ed..0a2be5d 100644
--- a/GleeBug/Debugger.Loop.Exception.cpp
+++ b/GleeBug/Debugger.Loop.Exception.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ namespace GleeBug
                 return;
             const auto info = foundInfo->second;
 
+            if (!info.enabled)
+                return; //not a valid software breakpoint
+
             //set continue status
             mContinueStatus = DBG_CONTINUE;
 
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ namespace GleeBug
         if (foundInfo == mProcess->breakpoints.end())
             return; //not a valid hardware breakpoint
         const auto info = foundInfo->second;
-        if (info.internal.hardware.slot != breakpointSlot)
+        if (info.internal.hardware.slot != breakpointSlot || !info.enabled)
             return; //not a valid hardware breakpoint
 
         //set continue status
@@ -163,6 +166,47 @@ namespace GleeBug
             mProcess->DeleteGenericBreakpoint(info);
     }
 
+    void Debugger::exceptionGuardPage(const EXCEPTION_RECORD & exceptionRecord, bool firstChance)
+    {
+        char error[128] = "";
+        auto exceptionAddress = ptr(exceptionRecord.ExceptionAddress);
+
+        auto foundRange = mProcess->memoryBreakpointRanges.find(Range(exceptionAddress, exceptionAddress));
+        if (foundRange == mProcess->memoryBreakpointRanges.end())
+        {
+            auto foundPage = mProcess->memoryBreakpointPages.find(exceptionAddress & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1));
+            if (foundPage != mProcess->memoryBreakpointPages.end())
+            {
+                const auto & page = foundPage->second;
+                //TODO: single step and page protection changes
+                if (!mProcess->MemProtect(foundPage->first, PAGE_SIZE, foundPage->second.NewProtect))
+                {
+                    sprintf_s(error, "MemProtect failed on 0x%p", foundPage->first);
+                    cbInternalError(error);
+                }
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        auto foundInfo = mProcess->breakpoints.find({ BreakpointType::Memory, foundRange->first });
+        if (foundInfo == mProcess->breakpoints.end())
+        {
+            sprintf_s(error, "inconsistent memory breakpoint at 0x%p", exceptionAddress);
+            cbInternalError(error);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const auto info = foundInfo->second;
+        if (!info.enabled)
+            return;
+
+        //exceptionRecord.
+    }
+
+    void Debugger::exceptionAccessViolation(const EXCEPTION_RECORD & exceptionRecord, bool firstChance)
+    {
+    }
+
     void Debugger::exceptionEvent(const EXCEPTION_DEBUG_INFO & exceptionInfo)
     {
         //let the debuggee handle exceptions per default
@@ -183,6 +227,12 @@ namespace GleeBug
         case STATUS_SINGLE_STEP:
             exceptionSingleStep(exceptionRecord, firstChance);
             break;
+        case STATUS_GUARD_PAGE_VIOLATION:
+            exceptionGuardPage(exceptionRecord, firstChance);
+            break;
+        case STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION:
+            exceptionAccessViolation(exceptionRecord, firstChance);
+            break;
         }
 
         //call the unhandled exception callback
diff --git a/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.Breakpoint.cpp b/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.Breakpoint.cpp
index ce9285f..f9a9eb5 100644
--- a/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.Breakpoint.cpp
+++ b/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.Breakpoint.cpp
@@ -261,10 +261,7 @@ namespace GleeBug
                 data.NewProtect = permanentDep ? RemoveExecuteAccess(RemoveWriteAccess(data.OldProtect)) : data.OldProtect | PAGE_GUARD;
         }
 
-        DWORD oldProtect;
-        auto vps = !!VirtualProtectEx(hProcess, LPVOID(page), PAGE_SIZE, data.NewProtect, &oldProtect);
-        printf("VirtualProtect(0x%p, 0x%X, %08X, %08X) = %d\n", page, PAGE_SIZE, data.NewProtect, oldProtect, vps);
-        return vps;
+        return MemProtect(page, PAGE_SIZE, data.NewProtect);
     }
 
     bool Process::SetMemoryBreakpoint(ptr address, ptr size, MemoryType type, bool singleshoot)
@@ -320,11 +317,7 @@ namespace GleeBug
         if (!success)
         {
             for (const auto & page : breakpointData)
-            {
-                DWORD oldProtect;
-                auto vps = !!VirtualProtectEx(hProcess, LPVOID(page.addr), PAGE_SIZE, page.OldProtect, &oldProtect);
-                printf("VirtualProtect(0x%p, 0x%X, %08X, %08X) = %d\n", page, PAGE_SIZE, page.OldProtect, oldProtect, vps);
-            }
+                MemProtect(page.addr, PAGE_SIZE, page.OldProtect);
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -389,10 +382,7 @@ namespace GleeBug
             }
             else
                 Protect = data.OldProtect;
-            DWORD oldProtect;
-            auto vps = !!VirtualProtectEx(hProcess, LPVOID(page), PAGE_SIZE, Protect, &oldProtect);
-            printf("VirtualProtect(0x%p, 0x%X, %08X, %08X) = %d\n", page, PAGE_SIZE, Protect, oldProtect, vps);
-            if (!vps)
+            if (!MemProtect(page, PAGE_SIZE, Protect))
                 success = false;
             if (!data.Refcount)
                 memoryBreakpointPages.erase(foundData);
diff --git a/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.Memory.cpp b/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.Memory.cpp
index 365e738..823dc37 100644
--- a/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.Memory.cpp
+++ b/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.Memory.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ namespace GleeBug
         return MemReadUnsafe(address, &byte, sizeof(byte));
     }
 
+    bool Process::MemProtect(ptr address, ptr size, DWORD newProtect, DWORD* oldProtect)
+    {
+        DWORD dwOldProtect;
+        auto vps = VirtualProtectEx(hProcess, LPVOID(address), size, newProtect, &dwOldProtect);
+        printf("MemProtect(0x%p, 0x%X, %08X, %08X) = %d\n", address, size, newProtect, dwOldProtect, vps);
+        if (!vps)
+            return false;
+        if (oldProtect)
+            *oldProtect = dwOldProtect;
+        return true;
+    }
+
     ptr Process::MemFindPattern(ptr data, size_t datasize, const Pattern::WildcardPattern & pattern, bool safe) const
     {
         std::vector<uint8> buffer(datasize);
diff --git a/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.h b/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.h
index 20733f8..fe60c9b 100644
--- a/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.h
+++ b/GleeBug/Debugger.Process.h
@@ -122,6 +122,16 @@ namespace GleeBug
         */
         bool MemIsValidPtr(ptr address) const;
 
+        /**
+        \brief Memory protect (execute VirtualProtect in the context of the process).
+        \param address The address to change protection for.
+        \param size The size to change protection for.
+        \param newProtect The new protection.
+        \param [out] oldProtect The old protection.
+        \return true if it succeeds, false if it fails.
+        */
+        bool MemProtect(ptr address, ptr size, DWORD newProtect, DWORD* oldProtect = nullptr);
+
         /**
         \brief Finds the first occurrence of a pattern in process memory.
         \param data The address to start searching from.
diff --git a/GleeBug/Debugger.h b/GleeBug/Debugger.h
index 3f6480f..57cc5e2 100644
--- a/GleeBug/Debugger.h
+++ b/GleeBug/Debugger.h
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ namespace GleeBug
         */
         virtual void exceptionHardwareBreakpoint(ptr exceptionAddress);
 
+        virtual void exceptionGuardPage(const EXCEPTION_RECORD & exceptionRecord, bool firstChance);
+
+        virtual void exceptionAccessViolation(const EXCEPTION_RECORD & exceptionRecord, bool firstChance);
+
     protected: //variables
         PROCESS_INFORMATION mMainProcess;
         uint32 mContinueStatus = DBG_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED;