The Stare wrote:
> "Nicholas Byram" <n.byram@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
>>"The Stare" <wat1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>"Nicholas Byram" <n.byram@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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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.
>
>
>
I don't believe there ever was a dos version of Civ 2. Somthing's
shafted with the OS. I'm running Civ 2 on this computer and it has
Windows Xp MCE 2005.
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