16 Bit Windows Subsystem Error 3

[jedean47]

Hello

I am a technician at a secondary school in sheffield, we have installed a piece of software on an XP Operating System and it was working fine for about 3 months and now it just comes up with the following error:

16 Bit Windows Subsystem Error
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

This is whenever you try to run it. I rang the technical help and they very vaguely told me it wasn't a problem with thier software but with XP.

They said 'their is a toggle button which if selected allows XP to run 16 Bit programs'

I have never even heard of this. Is there such a thing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Many thanks

John
IT Technician
Chaucer School

 

[biglebowski]

I'm not entirely sure but if you right click on the program and select properties and goto advanced I think there is an option to emulate win95 etc

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

 

[gpalmer711]

See this article from MS

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=305521

Greg Palmer
Free Software for Adminstrators

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk