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I purchased WIN XP home about 8 months ago to solve a
persistent WIN Me problem (stuck in SAFE mode). I have
installed all auto updates. The latest was installed on or
about 8/1/04. After the installation I have tried to run
all of my DOS programs which had run successfully prior to
the latest WIN XP update ( I have at least a dozen of these
). The programs do not run now ... the ERROR message shows
the loading of the .PIF file and then states that the
program cannot run with C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Autoexec.nt .
I Searched for autoexec.* , and the only file resulting
from the search was C:\Autoexec.nso.
Thinking the file might have a "hidden" attribute, I went
into DOS; went to C:\windows\system32 and typed:
attrib -h autoexec.nt result was: no such filename
I put the C:\autoexec.nso file in wordpad and there is
nothing unusual there except I used to have a path
statement in my old autoexec file to include C:\UTIL. There
was no "PATH" statement at all.
Does anyone know why this Auto update for WIN XP would
prevent me from running DOS programs? What might I do
about it? Is uninstalling the latest update an option?
Good ol' Microsoft !!! I pay $90 for WIN XP Home to fix a
terrible problem with WIN Me, and have to shell out another
$50 to get a new version of Quicken ... and NOW WHAT????
I purchased WIN XP home about 8 months ago to solve a
persistent WIN Me problem (stuck in SAFE mode). I have
installed all auto updates. The latest was installed on or
about 8/1/04. After the installation I have tried to run
all of my DOS programs which had run successfully prior to
the latest WIN XP update ( I have at least a dozen of these
). The programs do not run now ... the ERROR message shows
the loading of the .PIF file and then states that the
program cannot run with C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Autoexec.nt .
I Searched for autoexec.* , and the only file resulting
from the search was C:\Autoexec.nso.
Thinking the file might have a "hidden" attribute, I went
into DOS; went to C:\windows\system32 and typed:
attrib -h autoexec.nt result was: no such filename
I put the C:\autoexec.nso file in wordpad and there is
nothing unusual there except I used to have a path
statement in my old autoexec file to include C:\UTIL. There
was no "PATH" statement at all.
Does anyone know why this Auto update for WIN XP would
prevent me from running DOS programs? What might I do
about it? Is uninstalling the latest update an option?
Good ol' Microsoft !!! I pay $90 for WIN XP Home to fix a
terrible problem with WIN Me, and have to shell out another
$50 to get a new version of Quicken ... and NOW WHAT????