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Hi eilidh,

Have a look at the information here:
MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program Error Message
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm#16bit



Regards,

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Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

"eilidh" <eilidh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a strange problem thati have never seen before. i have a few
programs
> on my laptop that up untilt he other daywere working perfectly, then i
tried
> to start one called skymate and this dialogue box titled 16 bit windows
> subsystem came up and it said "C:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. The systen
> file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft windows
applications.
> Choose close to terminate the application."
>
> There is the choice of Close or Ignore but clicking both of them just dows
> the sme thing. I have a couple of other programs that this is happening to
> also. I have no viruses or anything and i cant figure it out. I would be
very
> grateful for any help