what's wrong???

[Novicebuilder]

Hi

recently i formatted my whole system(XP home edition)..Now whenever i want to play any game CD's an error stating that autoexec.nt is not working comes up

What does this mean and how do i repair it!!

[macko72]

Spyware and trojans are known to cause this problem - make sure you do have active and up to date anti-virus software and anti-malware tools, you'll get an error message similar to this:

16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem

C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.nt The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

The most simple fix it to copy autoexec.nt from c:\windows\repair to c:\windows\system32.

If for whatever reason \repair\ doesn't contain one I've put one up for download (you may need to right-click and save as), simply save it to your c:\windows\system32 directory.

Word of warning - be very careful when playing around in the Windows directory always make backups of any files you overwrite, you in case something goes not quite right.

Video guide can be found at
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/videos/

Related knowledge base article can be found at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=324767

[Novicebuilder]

Thanks macko72, I am going to try it and will post results

[Novicebuilder]

"Word of warning - be very careful when playing around in the Windows directory always make backups of any files you overwrite, you in case something goes not quite right".



I just want to make sure (just to be on the safe side)

Which files do i have to back up in this case and How do i do it?

[macko72]

The files you are about to overwrite!!!

[glc]

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