msdos error

[seh264]

every time i try to go into dos it says this....

keeps me from installing some games, ne 1 know what the prob. is?

 

[bla!!]

ummm, what exactly does it say? You forgot to post that part.

 

[seh264]

sorry, can u see it now?

 

[Jorsoft]

I have a dual boot with XP and 98, so I use 98 for most DOS stuff and I don't have much experience with XP in this matter.
What happens when you click "Ignore", does it still crash or what?
Obviously not every DOS game is going to work properly with XP, you can't expect miracles.

 

[bla!!]

Ok, I've had this happen to one of my computers at work. It was cause by spyware being on the computer.

First run a couple of scans for spyware. Spybot, Adaware, SpySweeper whatever. Then go into your add/remove programs and look for obvious spyware (like ad deliverer, toolbar etc..)

Then to fix this problem, you need your Windows CD. Put it in your CD drive, the goto start -> run -> cmd

type the following
expand CD-ROM Drive Letter:\i386\config.nt_ c:\windows\system32\config.nt
expand CD-ROM Drive Letter:\i386\autoexec.nt_ c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt
expand CD-ROM Drive Letter:\i386\command.co_ c:\windows\system32\command.com

Replace CD-ROM Drive Letter with the actual drive letter (it's probably D)

For more information about this, here's the microsoft article regarding the issue.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767

Go to Start -> command

 

[seh264]

ok thx, fixed, autoexec.nt got removed from system32 folder

 

[pumagt500]

Same exact problem. Mine is also dual boot xp and 98. I have to fix it on xp (drive letter e) so do I change c: to e:?