Thank you, Andy and Bob. I am sure all the cacaware I cleaned off had
something to do with it. I will get it fixed tonight.

Rod Lindgren

-----Original Message-----
From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Andy Medina
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Apps; Tripeaks

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Rod Lindgren wrote:

> A friend has an E machine running Windows XP, SP2. One of her 
> favorite Windows games is Tripeaks, but her system quit 
> running it. When she tries to run the game, the following 
> error message comes up:
>
> C:\Windows\System32\Autoexec.nt the system file is not 
> suitable for running MS-DOS and MS Windows Applications.

This usually means the autoexec.nt file has been deleted or 
corrupted. The file's batch commands look pretty generic. I 
usually just replace the file with a copy from another XP 
computer. Usually from the same version of XP to be safe. But 
like I said, it's pretty generic looking, so a copy from any 
version of XP most likely should/would/[appears to :) ] work.

Or you might look in the Windows\repair folder to see if there 
exists a copy that is usable. The file can be edited with any 
"text editor" to check for any irregularities in the commands.

The default XP autoexec.nt file can also be extracted to that 
folder from any source containing the XP installation files.


> She used to play this game on her computer, but it stopped 
> about 2 months ago.
>
> This system was loaded with spyware and the like. I have 
> cleaned it up, but Tripeaks still won't run.

BTW that's the same error displayed when the WinPatrol 
installer does not find that file in that folder. :) Some 
cacaware will delete or edit that file upon installing. Which 
is how I most frequently run across this error... while 
cleaning out cacaware infestations.

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