Older windows software to XP

[mbailey]

Hi everyone: I'm hoping someone can give me some help. I have some
older children's computer games that says they run on Windows. We have
recently upgrade to XP on our machines and when I went to reinstall
these games, I get an error saying "C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt.
The system filw is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft
Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application."

We have XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2 on the computer.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not terribly computer saavy.

thanks

Eli

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

Error message when you install or start an MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based
program
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324767

Replace the standard version of autoexec.nt/config.nt by copying a backup
copy located in %windir%\repair\ to %windir%\system32\
(NB: %windir% is typically C:\Windows)

Start>Run and type in this without the quotes:
"cmd /c copy /y %windir%\repair\autoexec.nt %windir%\system32"

Troubleshooting MS-DOS-Based Programs in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314106

16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem error while installing or running a DOS application:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/16bit.htm



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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Error message when you install or start an MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767&Product=winxp

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| Hi everyone: I'm hoping someone can give me some help. I have some
| older children's computer games that says they run on Windows. We have
| recently upgrade to XP on our machines and when I went to reinstall
| these games, I get an error saying "C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt.
| The system filw is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft
| Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application."
|
| We have XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2 on the computer.
|
| Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not terribly computer saavy.
|
| thanks
|
| Eli

 

[Guest]

FFS, do you MVPs actually read the posts you reply to.
The original poster, Eli tells you "I'm not terribly computer saavy."
TaurArian, How on earth is your answer going to help her?
Carey Frisch, yours is no better.
How is that link going to help anyone who does not understand these things?
Think before you reply, instead of boosting you own ego's.
Perhaps you would like to re read the question and try to answer it
properly, that is, at the level of the users understanding.
I would suggest that she visits the software producers website and see if
any up dates, patches or newer versions are available.
Idiots

 

[ANONYMOUS]

I suggest rename the corrupt file to "autoexec.old" (from: autoexec.nt)
and reboot your system. The file will be recreated. In fact that file
is not very important as it contains something like this:

@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

REM The following line enables Sound Blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM.
REM The command for setting the BLASTER environment is as follows:
REM SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330
REM where:
REM A specifies the sound blaster's base I/O port
REM I specifies the interrupt request line
REM D specifies the 8-bit DMA channel
REM P specifies the MPU-401 base I/O port
REM T specifies the type of sound blaster card
REM 1 - Sound Blaster 1.5
REM 2 - Sound Blaster Pro I
REM 3 - Sound Blaster 2.0
REM 4 - Sound Blaster Pro II
REM 6 - SOund Blaster 16/AWE 32/32/64
REM
REM The default value is A220 I5 D1 T3 and P330. If any of the
switches is
REM left unspecified, the default value will be used. (NOTE, since
all the
REM ports are virtualized, the information provided here does not
have to
REM match the real hardware setting.) NTVDM supports Sound Blaster
2.0 only.
REM The T switch must be set to 3, if specified.
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3

REM To disable the sound blaster 2.0 support on NTVDM, specify an
invalid
REM SB base I/O port address. For example:
REM SET BLASTER=A0

Everything is REMmed out (meaning they ar only there for examples for
people who wants to change them!!!

hth

 

[Plato]

Hi everyone: I'm hoping someone can give me some help. I have some
older children's computer games that says they run on Windows. We have
recently upgrade to XP on our machines and when I went to reinstall
these games, I get an error saying "C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt.
The system filw is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft
Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application."

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm not terribly computer saavy.

1. Use a PC that is built for the apps you want to run.

2. http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#12