"Nicholas Byram" <n.byram@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "The Stare" <wat1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Nicholas Byram" <n.byram@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Help...
>>>
>>> When I try to install the Civ2 CD ROM on my computer, a window titled
>>> "16 bit Windows Subsystem" pops up and I get the following error
>>> message:
>>>
>>> "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."
>>>
>>> I have Windows XP, not NT, and plenty of memory for CIV2. I have
played
>>> it on this computer before. What is going on?
>>
>> XP is the next generation NT. You might want to search the microsoft
>> knowlege base for the error message. Actually, just use the XP help &
>> sup****t which will search the KB for you ;) If you can't find anything,
>> post again and i might find time to look into it for you.
>
> OK, I did find on the Microsoft Help Knowledge Base a whole section
about
> "Error Messages when you install or start an MS-DOS of 16 bit
> Windows-based program", with instructions how to change my config.nt,
> autoexec.nt and command.com files.
>
> Having changed those files as instructed, now I receive the following
> error message:
> "The Win16 subsystem was unable to enter Protected Mode, DOSX.EXE must
be
> in your AUTOEXEC.NT and present in your PATH."
>
> OK, how do I do that? The Windows Help is vague here.
I hope you have a backup of the original files.
I'm guessing you have a dos version of Civ2 and it doesn't like the NTFS
disk. That aside... and hoping you are keeping detailed notes of your
changes...
On second thought... after looking over some of the stuff i pulled up it
looks like you might have something wrong with the windows installation.
You
should undo whatever you have done so far and read up on it more until you
understand what is going on. I don't even want to be involved in totally
screwing up your system.
When you search the help & sup****t stuff, add XP as a search term to
eliminate some of the results from older versions of windows. Always look
at
what version of windows the kbarticle is referring to.
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