charles johnston
Posted 7 years, 5 months ago
Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago
When trying to install older games or some applications a rectangular screen appears:
16 bit MS-dos Subsystem
c:windowssystem32command.com
c:windowssystem32AUTOEXET.NT.the system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Chose Close to terminate the application
close ignore
Nothing happens if I chose ignore.
I am running win.xp I use Ad-aware and spybot regularly I have zone alarm pro and avg anti-virus. I have a friend who has the same set up as mine he can install with no problems for instance the game grim fandango and riven
Very annoying, please help, thanks,
chic
Paul Guy
Posted 7 years, 5 months ago
Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago
Re: Installing games
Some critical files have been corrupted or deleted. Follow these instructions:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767
Stewart McNamara
Posted 7 years, 5 months ago
Joined: 12 years, 5 months ago
Re: Installing games
Hi Charles. Windows XP is utterly crap for older games. It is also crap for some older applications and hardware. If you go to the Microsoft website you may be able to find a fix in their help and support. Good luck.
Ben.
Anonymous
Posted 7 years, 5 months ago
Joined: N/A
Re: Installing games
The problem of running old games with WinXP or W2K even is that these OSes have issues with MS-DOS based games. With W2K, I think that you can set the OS to pretend that it is an older version of Windows (either 98 or 95) but I am unsure whether WinXP has this feature.
First, I would check the forums for the games to see whether there may be a solution there suggested or perhaps you could post a question there. Otherwise, perhaps your option is to dual-boot, that is to have a older version of Windows installed. The odd thing is that your friend can run these games but you can't.
