Re: 16 Bit MS Dos Problems

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From: maryc (maryc_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/15/04 

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 02:09:04 -0700

I went into safe mode and ran my Norton anti virus (up to date) again -
nothing found. I then went to the Symantec site and ran their security check
which took quite a long time with dial up! Again nothing found. Do you have
any other ideas please? I have tried deleting config.nt, command.com and
autoexec.nt from system 32 and then trying but still get error message.

"Ramesh [MVP]" wrote:

> 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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