cant install any thing

[Airmack]

my friend have xp home and he cant install any program from a cdrom

the error is

c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. The system file is not suitable for running ms dos and microsoft windows apps

he is scanning for virus right not but could I give him the file from my pc? would it be a problem?

he cant restore, he turned it off.

[glc]

You *should* be able to give him yours - this is what mine looks like (Win2000):

@echo off

REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment.
REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a
REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF.

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

[Airmack]

microsoft wanted him to copy over some files from his cd like autoexec and comand.com which he said did not work. i gave him mine and it did..

thanks any ways