I have TRIED to download several games, and one which is brand new, never installed, and there are some conflicting things going on that will not let it install on my computer. The 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., appears everytime. If you click on close or ignore, it closes the installation and won't let you install the game! Is this the forum to help me or do I need to try someone else? Please help me!!This seems to be an increasingly frequent problem. It would be interesting to KNOW the cause.

To fix RUN the following from the command prompt:

copy c:\windows\repair\autoexec.nt c:\windows\system32

After you copy the file, find it in Windows Explorer, click properties and lock it down by giving it a read-only attribute.

Hope this helps. Cindy, next time post in only one section.ty darlin, problem solved, and i too would luv to know what caused this!!You might want to look at this site. It has a program managing old dos applications that would not normally run under XP too well. It supports sounds cards, joysticks, memory configurations etc. It creates its own CUSTOM PIF file that helps a lot. This could liberate your program from AUTOEXEC.NT configurations.

http://ntvdm.cjb.net/.

The App you are looking for is "VDMSOUND"