Re: 16 BIT ERROR - CAN NO-ONE HELP???

From: Sharon F (sharonfDEL_at_ETEmvps.org)
Date: 11/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:14:25 -0600

On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:41:08 -0800, maryc wrote:

> Sent this message 31.10 no response at all, surely there must be someone who
> can help - I realise I can run the fix each time I boot up but there is
> obviously a problem!! Help???
> I have had this problem for a little while and have tried various fixes,
> however each time I boot up I have to run the fix. I've searched for
> windupdate but thats not the problem. Dont have XP CD as it is preloaded.
> Does anyone have any other ideas please.
> --

Windupdate is not a valid Windows file. Apparently it is a trojan and it is
responsible for the repeated deletion of the autoexec.nt file.

QUOTE from MVP Kelly Theriot's site:

MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows-based program Error Message

>From Ron:
Running Audit on my computer showed that a program called
WINDUPDATE.EXE (not WINUPDATE.EXE) was deleting my Autoexec.nt file on boot
up. If I replaced the file it would delete it again. Go to \Program
Files\WINDUPDATE folder and delete it!

Go to your registry and delete anything named WINDUPDATE. Put the
Autoexec.nt file back into your \system32 folder and all is well! This was
definately the problem here and I bet most everyone has the same nasty
bugger, WINDUPDATE.EXE
on their infected computer.

AND another QUOTE:

This installation 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.

XP_Fix.EXE by TRF Systems, Inc.
http://www.visualtour.com/downloads/xp_fix.exe

More discussion of this error and windupdate:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=windupdate&hl=en&lr=&start=10&sa=N 

-- 
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

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