autoexec.nt

[Guest]

Hi, I hope you all are doing well.

I have new PC w/XP. I had old Lotus files not converted to Excel to-date and
installed old version of Lotus to run them. When I first installed Lotus (an
old version), I received msg stating autoexec.nt not found. I found it in
another folder on PC, copied it to C:\windows\system32 and everything worked
just fine. However, everytime I shut down my PC and restart it, the same
thing happens--the autoexec.nt file is missing from win\sys32 folder, so I
copy and paste it back into folder.

Is there a way to prevent this mysterious disappearance of the autoexec.nt
file form the ..\system32 folder?

Thanks in advance.

KP

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi, I hope you all are doing well.

I have new PC w/XP. I had old Lotus files not converted to Excel to-date and
installed old version of Lotus to run them. When I first installed Lotus (an
old version), I received msg stating autoexec.nt not found. I found it in
another folder on PC, copied it to C:\windows\system32 and everything worked
just fine. However, everytime I shut down my PC and restart it, the same
thing happens--the autoexec.nt file is missing from win\sys32 folder, so I
copy and paste it back into folder.

Is there a way to prevent this mysterious disappearance of the autoexec.nt
file form the ..\system32 folder?

Thanks in advance.

KP

Your machine is infected with some spyware or malware. Download,
install and run AdAware to get rid of it.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Seems to be an epidemic lately....

This can be caused by a trojan.

Get rid of the trojan.

Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

Copy the autoexec.nt file from C:\Windows\Repair to C:\Windows\System32.
And set Attributes for autoexec.nt to Read-only.

Read-only
[[Specifies whether this file is read-only, which means that it cannot be
changed or accidentally deleted.]]

1. Right click the file.
2. Properties.
3. Select: Read-only.
4. Click: Apply.
5. Click: OK.

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

MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program Error Message
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm#16bit

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

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[XPUSER]

Check out these links:
http://www.vtsoftware.co.uk/users/MarkDowsett.htm
http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=WinAdCtl.exe
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/backdoor.rado.html

You need to make sure that you have functioning up to date
Anti Virus and Anti Spyware programs and run full system scan with both -

Online Anti Virus Scanners -
Panda ActiveScan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
TrendMicro Housecall Anti Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
McAfee Security - FreeScan
http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp
Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp
Computer Associates
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/default.aspx
BitDefender:
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

Anti Spyware -
Ad-Aware SE
http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/index.htm
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.3
http://www.safer-networking.org/microsoft.en.html
SpywareBlaster 3.2
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Seems to be an epidemic lately....

This can be caused by a trojan.

Get rid of the trojan.

Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

Copy the autoexec.nt file from C:\Windows\Repair to C:\Windows\System32.
And set Attributes for autoexec.nt to Read-only.

Read-only
[[Specifies whether this file is read-only, which means that it cannot be
changed or accidentally deleted.]]

1. Right click the file.
2. Properties.
3. Select: Read-only.
4. Click: Apply.
5. Click: OK.

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

MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program Error Message
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm#16bit

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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi, I hope you all are doing well.

I have new PC w/XP. I had old Lotus files not converted to Excel
to-date and installed old version of Lotus to run them. When I first
installed Lotus (an old version), I received msg stating autoexec.nt
not found. I found it in another folder on PC, copied it to
C:\windows\system32 and everything worked just fine. However,
everytime I shut down my PC and restart it, the same thing
happens--the autoexec.nt file is missing from win\sys32 folder, so I
copy and paste it back into folder.

Is there a way to prevent this mysterious disappearance of the
autoexec.nt file form the ..\system32 folder?

Thanks in advance.

KP