Trouble installing 16-bit ms-dos applications in Windows 2000 Pro

[Guest flamejob]

Microsoft's Help and Support website states that some 16-bit applications may

install and set-up successfully on some Windows 2000 equipped computers, but

not on others. I followed the instructions re: clearing the "hidden"

attributes on both "autoexec" and "config.sys", which is supposed to allow

the changes necessary to load these applications, but I am still having

problems. The pop-up message I receive reads: "16-bit Windows subsystem" -

"c:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt" - The system file is not suitable for running

MS-DOS and Microsoft applications. Choose 'close' to terminate this

application."

The software manufacturer has tried to help but they don't seem to have any

idea why I'm having this problem with my computer. I'm running Windows 2000

Professional (SP4) on an older AMD 750 AT based system, but they say that

this shouldn't be a problem. Can anyone PLEASE help me? THANKS!

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Trouble installing 16-bit ms-dos applications in Windows 2000 Pro

 

 

"flamejob" <flamejob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6AEDE6E9-AC7C-4003-BF48-ECF31C34C0BF@microsoft.com...

> Microsoft's Help and Support website states that some 16-bit applications

> may

> install and set-up successfully on some Windows 2000 equipped computers,

> but

> not on others. I followed the instructions re: clearing the "hidden"

> attributes on both "autoexec" and "config.sys", which is supposed to

> allow

> the changes necessary to load these applications, but I am still having

> problems. The pop-up message I receive reads: "16-bit Windows

> subsystem" -

> "c:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt" - The system file is not suitable for

> running

> MS-DOS and Microsoft applications. Choose 'close' to terminate this

> application."

> The software manufacturer has tried to help but they don't seem to have

> any

> idea why I'm having this problem with my computer. I'm running Windows

> 2000

> Professional (SP4) on an older AMD 750 AT based system, but they say that

> this shouldn't be a problem. Can anyone PLEASE help me? THANKS!

>

 

I have solved similar problems by installing Virtual PC, then running

the DOS application under this process. You can dowload it freely

from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

[Guest flamejob]

Re: Trouble installing 16-bit ms-dos applications in Windows 2000

 

Re: Trouble installing 16-bit ms-dos applications in Windows 2000

 

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "flamejob" <flamejob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:6AEDE6E9-AC7C-4003-BF48-ECF31C34C0BF@microsoft.com...

> > Microsoft's Help and Support website states that some 16-bit applications

> > may

> > install and set-up successfully on some Windows 2000 equipped computers,

> > but

> > not on others. I followed the instructions re: clearing the "hidden"

> > attributes on both "autoexec" and "config.sys", which is supposed to

> > allow

> > the changes necessary to load these applications, but I am still having

> > problems. The pop-up message I receive reads: "16-bit Windows

> > subsystem" -

> > "c:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt" - The system file is not suitable for

> > running

> > MS-DOS and Microsoft applications. Choose 'close' to terminate this

> > application."

> > The software manufacturer has tried to help but they don't seem to have

> > any

> > idea why I'm having this problem with my computer. I'm running Windows

> > 2000

> > Professional (SP4) on an older AMD 750 AT based system, but they say that

> > this shouldn't be a problem. Can anyone PLEASE help me? THANKS!

> >

>

> I have solved similar problems by installing Virtual PC, then running

> the DOS application under this process. You can dowload it freely

> from here:

> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

>

>Virtual PC apparently will not run on Windows 2000, but thanks.

>

[Guest Stan Weiss]

Re: Trouble installing 16-bit ms-dos applications in Windows 2000 Pro

 

flamejob wrote:

>

> Microsoft's Help and Support website states that some 16-bit applications may

> install and set-up successfully on some Windows 2000 equipped computers, but

> not on others. I followed the instructions re: clearing the "hidden"

> attributes on both "autoexec" and "config.sys", which is supposed to allow

> the changes necessary to load these applications, but I am still having

> problems. The pop-up message I receive reads: "16-bit Windows subsystem" -

> "c:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt" - The system file is not suitable for running

> MS-DOS and Microsoft applications. Choose 'close' to terminate this

> application."

> The software manufacturer has tried to help but they don't seem to have any

> idea why I'm having this problem with my computer. I'm running Windows 2000

> Professional (SP4) on an older AMD 750 AT based system, but they say that

> this shouldn't be a problem. Can anyone PLEASE help me? THANKS!

 

I do not know about using config.sys but have made a change to

c:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt

device=%SystemRoot%\system32\ansi.sys

which has worked starting at SP1 now through the rollup

[Guest philo]

Re: Trouble installing 16-bit ms-dos applications in Windows 2000 Pro

 

 

"flamejob" <flamejob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6AEDE6E9-AC7C-4003-BF48-ECF31C34C0BF@microsoft.com...

> Microsoft's Help and Support website states that some 16-bit applications

may

> install and set-up successfully on some Windows 2000 equipped computers,

but

> not on others. I followed the instructions re: clearing the "hidden"

> attributes on both "autoexec" and "config.sys", which is supposed to

allow

> the changes necessary to load these applications, but I am still having

> problems. The pop-up message I receive reads: "16-bit Windows

subsystem" -

> "c:\winnt\system32\autoexec.nt" - The system file is not suitable for

running

> MS-DOS and Microsoft applications. Choose 'close' to terminate this

> application."

> The software manufacturer has tried to help but they don't seem to have

any

> idea why I'm having this problem with my computer. I'm running Windows

2000

> Professional (SP4) on an older AMD 750 AT based system, but they say that

> this shouldn't be a problem. Can anyone PLEASE help me? THANKS!

>

 

 

Possible that autoexec.nt does not exist in that folder

 

if not...copy it over from your repair folder.

 

 

If that was not the case, you may modify autoexec.nt

 

as specified for autoexec.bat