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

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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!
 
"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
 
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.
>
 
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
 
"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
 
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