HELP PLEASE

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Error message when you install or start an MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;324767

How to Troubleshoot 16-Bit Windows Programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;314495

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;324767

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/se [...] hoose.mspx

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"Big Foot" wrote:

| Whenever I put in a game that is slightly old, the computer says "16 bit
| Windows Subsystem" "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." The wierd thing is these games used to
| work on this machine. Maybe it's an update, I don't know. I'm using Microsoft
| XP Home edition, and the driver is a SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-140C. (I'm using a
| Sony Vaio) I'd like this message to go away, and be able to run the game.

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Hi,

The simplest method to resolve this common problem is to copy autoexec.nt
from C:\Windows\repair to C:\Windows\system32 and overwrite the one that is
currently there.

Alternately, you can create a new autoexec.nt file and save it to the
\windows\system32 folder to overwrite the corrupted one. Click start/run and
type notepad, then click ok. Copy/paste the below code into it (instead of
typing it in to prevent errors), then click file/"save as". Navigate to the
C:\Windows\system32 folder, change the "save as file" type to "all types"
and name the file autoexec.nt, then click save (if prompted to overwrite the
existing one, do so).

@echo off
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3

Reboot when finished. This usually fixes it, but you will find further steps
here if it doesn't:

Error message when you install or start an MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based
program
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324767

Basically, you will have to expand new copies of command.com, autoexec.nt,
and config.nt to the system32 folder from the WinXP CD or I386 folder on
your hard drive. Sometimes, you need to create new ones and overwrite the
existing ones - the method is described in the article.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Big Foot" <Big Foot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:87D2453C-83AC-422E-BEB5-4F3DF7870446@microsoft.com...
> Whenever I put in a game that is slightly old, the computer says "16 bit
> Windows Subsystem" "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." The wierd thing is these games used
> to
> work on this machine. Maybe it's an update, I don't know. I'm using
> Microsoft
> XP Home edition, and the driver is a SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-140C. (I'm using a
> Sony Vaio) I'd like this message to go away, and be able to run the game.
>