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I can't load new games into XP

Jan 24, 2005 4:46PM PST

Today I tried to load a game on XP and got the following message: "C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications." Any help is appreciated.

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Jan 24, 2005 7:04PM PST
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Zapper: Here's a fix.
Jan 24, 2005 8:52PM PST

Zapper, Go to the link below and download "XP_Fix.EXE".
"This installaton program will reinstall the missing or corrupt Windows XP system files command.com, autoexec.nt and config.nt. The absence or corruption of one or more of these files causes a "16 Bit Subsystem" error.

We recommend that you download this file and save it to your desktop or to another location where you can find it. Double click on the file to run it once it's downloaded. If problem reoccurs in the future, simply re-run this program".

http://www.visualtour.com/downloads/

The link below has a possible explanation of what may have caused this problem.

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/a448971496ce38b5

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