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'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.'

I keep getting this error message everytime I try to install a program onto
my computer. These are programs/games that I had on the computer before, and
they installed and worked perfectly fne in the past. It just started doing
this about a month ago. Everything else seems to be working fine. Is there
anything that I can do?

 

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Vixie wrote:

> '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.'
>
> I keep getting this error message everytime I try to install a program onto
> my computer. These are programs/games that I had on the computer before, and
> they installed and worked perfectly fne in the past. It just started doing
> this about a month ago. Everything else seems to be working fine. Is there
> anything that I can do?
Hi,

Your autoexec.nt problem is most likely caused by a worm or if you have
WinXP SP2 and AVAST (antivirus software) installed, it also can cause
this error.

To solve the problem:

You can put back the standard version of autoexec.nt/config.nt by
copying a backup copy held in %windir%\repair\ to %windir%\system32\
(%windir% is typically C:\Winnt or C:\Windows)

Could be caused a trojan or something similar, e.g.
TrojanDownloader.Win32.Dia.a, more about this here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=5f6f139.0409140618.749324fe%40posting.google.com

Also, AVAST (antivirus software) can be the cause if you
have WinXP SP2 installed:
http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=8PCdnSzBqtmadsPcRVn-gQ%40comcast.com


If you want to copy the file from the repair folder, you can use
this procedure:

Open a command prompt, using e.g. Start/Run --> cmd.exe

In the command prompt, type in the following two commands exactly as
you see them in this post (you need to press enter for each command
to execute them):

cd /d %windir%
copy repair\autoexec.nt system32\*.*


Here is a "screen dump" from how it looks when I do it on my computer:

------------------------------------------
C:\>cd /d %windir%

C:\WINDOWS>copy repair\autoexec.nt system32\*.*
1 file(s) copied.
------------------------------------------


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