16 bit ms -dos subsystem error STILL!

[Kevin Gifford]

I was receiving the following error

"c:\windows \system32\autoexec.nt.
the system file not suitable for running ms dos and microsoft windows
applications"

and was able to resove it or so I thought with the solution provided by
Microsoft's help site article #324767.

However every time I reboot the required file is gone from my system32
folder and I'm back to square one. any suggestions. Is there some kind of
problem with my registry? How can I tell and how do I go about repairing it?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Patti MacLeod]

Hi Kevin,

Have a look here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm#16bit
Read the information under "From Ron:"

Another workaround would be to mark the autoexec.nt file as Read Only.



Regards,

 

[Taurarian]

note:-
Also can be caused by a Trojan installing a file windupdater.exe and
creating registry entries for that file.
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

AVAST (free antivirus software) can be the cause if SP2 is installed:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

 

[Guest]

this information helped so much. Thank you

Hi Kevin,

Have a look here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm#16bit
Read the information under "From Ron:"

Another workaround would be to mark the autoexec.nt file as Read Only.



Regards,

 

[Patti MacLeod]

You're welcome



Regards,