"Sean Addam" Sean wrote:


C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The System file is not suitable for running
MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows Applications.

It is needed for 16 bit programs - and a lot of these installers are
still 16 bit

It is damaged - probably by a trojan (so test). You can get a clean
copy from C:\windows\repair and copy it over the present one in
C:\Windows\system32

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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)