Old CD-ROM games no longer load

[Guest]

Within the past few months, possibly since I installed Service Pack 2 onto XP
Pro, the following error message appears when loading an old MS-DOS (c. 2000)
based CD-ROM:

"C:\Windows\System\Autoexec.nt The system file is not suitable for running
MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the
application"

I have conducted a web search and there are suggestions on using Notepad to
amend autoexec.nt, config.nt etc. Although after following the instructions
the CD-ROM now begins to load, it is quickly followed by a general protection
fault and crashes out. I therefore may not have seen the correct amendments
to these files but seem to be heading in the right direction. Does anyone
have the url of the correct web site that will correct this problem? If so,
I'd be very grateful.

Thanks in anticipation.

Keith

 

[Guest]

Hi Keith,

2 solutions spring to mind :

Either copy the autoexec.nt file for another machine running the same OS
version to the system32 directory on you machine

Or..

visit these guys..

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/35139/

Hope this helps ;o)

 

[Guest]

Thanks Cherub, you're an angel! Well almost!

I downloaded the XP_fix file and it repaired the missing files. This enabled
me to begin loading the CD-ROM but before it completed, there were other
error messages such as:

"Sub or Function not defined"

Followed by:

"An error has occurred in your application. If you choose ignore . . . etc".

And sometimes with another CD-ROM I receive:

"PCG caused a General Protection Fault in Module Future.DLL at 0001:3B04.
Chhose Close"

I think these problems apply to these older CD-ROMs which were published
around 2000. Of course, they may be faulty. I've tried ones published in late
2001 and these load adequately.

Keith