Re: 16 Bit MS Dos Problems

From: Ramesh [MVP] (ramesh_at_nojunkmails.com@mvps.org)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:59:27 +0530

Free Online Virus Scanners and Security Tests:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Scanners.htm

Also inspect the startup programs, one of which may be the culprit. Get
autoruns from Sysinternals.com 

-- 
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
"maryc" <maryc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:4C6B2B13-8FFF-485C-A20D-45902866066B@microsoft.com...
Yes, I did get this from General group - I have Norton anti-virus which is
right up to date not showing any virus at all!  Will run again, but 
otherwise
any other ideas please?
"Ramesh [MVP]" wrote:
> If you're referring to the XP_Fix posted by someone in XP.General group, 
> it
> seems to re-create the autoexec.nt and config.nt file when you execute it.
> Whereas the problem is caused by a trojan which deletes these two files on
> every boot probably. Your best bet is to clean the virus first, and then
> extract the two .NT files again.
>
> 16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem error while installing or running a DOS 
> application:
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/16bit.htm
>
> Alternate method - from Alex Nichol's post
> Backup copy of the autoexec.nt and config.nt files are available in
> C:\Windows\Repair folder, you may copy that to System32 folder.
>
> -- 
> Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
> http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
>
>
> "maryc" <maryc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6420D380-F54A-438B-9173-942828AE10A1@microsoft.com...
> Found a fix on the newsgroup (xp_fix) which works beautifully.  Only thing
> is
> every time I switch off/on again I have to run the fix otherwise cant get
> into my accounts program - any ideas please?
> -- 
> maryc
>
>
>

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