Illegal What??

[cormaira]

'C:\WINDOWS\sysytem32\cmd.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:05039 IP:ffe4 OP:fe ff 1d 09 21 Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application.'


i got this message when i clicked on 'run' and typed 'cmd'
when the message appears there is a beep
the message is titled '16 bit MS-DOS Subysystem'

what's goin on ??

 

[cormaira]

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'C:\WINDOWS\sytem32\cmd.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:05039 IP:ffe4 OP:fe ff 1d 09 21 Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application.'

 

[cormaira]

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'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:05039 IP:ffe4 OP:fe ff 1d 09 21 Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application.'


(ahh me and my dumd brain..mistakes mistakes..)

 

[Guest]

Fat fingers.... wrong newsgroup...

Good luck,
--PA

 

[Galen]

In cormaira <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

'C:\WINDOWS\sysytem32\cmd.com
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:05039 IP:ffe4 OP:fe ff 1d 09 21 Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application.'


i got this message when i clicked on 'run' and typed 'cmd'
when the message appears there is a beep
the message is titled '16 bit MS-DOS Subysystem'

what's goin on ??

As stated - you're in a hardware group and this isn't a hardware problem.
You're able to get your answer here however.

Error: 16-bit app on XP SP2 :
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/general/xpdoserrors.html

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

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