Need some help

[Guest]

I am running Windows XP Pro with SP2 and all available updates.
I am getting the following error increasingly frequently.
Apart from going back to Win98 to run these programs is there a solution?.
I am not running NT although this is reported so oftem I'm contemplating
dumping XP and going back to 98 or 2000
Error :-
C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for running
MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications, Choose 'close' to terminate the
application.

 

[Uncle John]

"Merv Wiz"
You do not say what programs are giving this error!
Are you trying to run MS DOS programs? If so have you opened autoexec.nt to
see how it is configured? If you want to run Windows 98 you should try
running in Compatibility Mode.
You will find a lot of information in your Windows Help on this subject

 

[kurttrail]

I am running Windows XP Pro with SP2 and all available updates.
I am getting the following error increasingly frequently.
Apart from going back to Win98 to run these programs is there a
solution?. I am not running NT although this is reported so oftem I'm
contemplating dumping XP and going back to 98 or 2000
Error :-
C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for
running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications, Choose 'close' to
terminate the application.

Moron, you are running NT, if you are using Windows XP.

Win XP = NT5.1

"Apart from going back to Win98 to run these programs is there a
solution?"

What are "these programs?"

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[Wesley Vogel]

Windows XP is really Windows NT 5.1

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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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Ken Blake]

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I am running Windows XP Pro with SP2 and all available updates.
I am getting the following error increasingly frequently.
Apart from going back to Win98 to run these programs is there a
solution?. I am not running NT although this is reported so
oftem I'm
contemplating dumping XP and going back to 98 or 2000
Error :-
C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not
suitable for
running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications, Choose
'close' to
terminate the application.

This can be a couple of things:

1. The combination of the Avast anti-virus program and XP SP2:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

2.
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

Also read here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767



Note that you *are* running NT. Windows XP is just the marketing
name for what, under the hood, is actually Windows NT 5.1.

 

[Guest]

Windows XP is really Windows NT 5.1

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: Â 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

I am running Windows XP Pro with SP2 and all available updates.
I am getting the following error increasingly frequently.
Apart from going back to Win98 to run these programs is there a
solution?. I am not running NT although this is reported so oftem I'm
contemplating dumping XP and going back to 98 or 2000
Error :-
C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for
running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications, Choose 'close' to
terminate the application.

Thanks for the help so far it will take me a while to do the solutions.

I'll come back if not successful.
Thank You All