System file not suitable

[Guest]

I have just recently purchased Windows XP Home. I have been running Pastel
Version 5 for 2 weeks without a problem, today when I tried to open it I got
the following message, "Windows\system32\AUTOEXEC.NT system file not suitable
for running MS Dos & Microsoft Windows applications". I do not understand
why after 2 weeks of working fine it would suddenly do this. Please help

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

I have just recently purchased Windows XP Home. I have been running
Pastel Version 5 for 2 weeks without a problem, today when I tried to
open it I got the following message, "Windows\system32\AUTOEXEC.NT
system file not suitable for running MS Dos & Microsoft Windows
applications". I do not understand why after 2 weeks of working fine
it would suddenly do this. Please help

Contact the developer of the application, not the operating system. This has
nothing whatsoever to do with Windows.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

See if the following article helps:

"Error Message When You Install or Start an MS-DOS or 16-Bit Windows Based
Program"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324767

 

[Guest]

Been there done that, and about 5 others. none have fixed this issue that
seems to be spreading like wildfire.

 

[Guest]

I have the fix! Running Audit on my computer showed that a program called
WINDUPDATE.EXE (not WINUPDATE.EXE) was deleting my Autoexec.nt file on boot
up. If I replaced the file it would delete it again. Goto \Program
Files\WINDUPDATE folder and delete it! Go to your registy and delete anything
named WINDUPDATE. Put the Autoexec.nt file back into your \system32 folder
and all is well! This was definately the problem here and I bet most everyone
has the same nasty bugger, WINDUPDATE.EXE on their infected computer. I hope
someone finds out where it is coming from! Let us all know if this fixed it.
Ron