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Windows XP Service Pack 2

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Mon, 2004-08-30 00:59
Paul Maddocks
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Have just installed the above and now get the following error message
16 BIT WINDOWS SUB SYSTEM

"WINDOWSSYSTEM32AUTOEXEC.NT.THE SYSTEM FILE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR RUNNING MS-DOS AND MS WINDOWS APPLICATIONS"
Have trid all I know to get it to work but no joy so far.

Am awaiting a reply from P3 help desk.

Anyone else come across this problem and solved it?

Any help would instantly make large wedges of cash come your way.
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Mon, 2004-09-13 22:13
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MK TSE
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My recommendation is don’t install winXP SP2 at this moment. The SP2 download from window update website been remove by Microsoft quite a while. There is no notice issued why it is removed. (I’m not sure now it is available again or not)
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Thu, 2004-09-09 03:50
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Gilles Auerbach
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hello ...
I had the same problem with the install of SP2... but i found a solution...

First, you have to insert your original Windows XP CDROM and to open a DOS Window... Then write in the DOS window
"expand D:i386autoexec.nt_ c:windowssystem32autoexec.nt"

Then make a copy of your file name autoexec.nt which has been created in c:WindowsSystem32 in c:.
Now you have to create a .bat file (create first a txt file and then rename it in.bat). The you write in
"copy c:autoexec.nt c:windowssystem32"
The you have each time to run that bat or to run it automatically at the start of windows...

After it works very well :-)
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Tue, 2004-08-31 19:23
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Alex Wong
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I think XP do have a virtual engin to run 16 bit application
What you can do is create a desktop short-cut, select the short cut, right click and select properties and select run in window 98 mode.
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Mon, 2004-08-30 23:20
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Ronald Winter
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Well, Bill Gates did say that he intended all users to migrate to 32-bit programs.
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Mon, 2004-08-30 21:00
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Paul Maddocks
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Thanks for your comments. Have solved the problem. Because P3 is a 16 bit programme windows runs it in a virtual machine that is implemented via Autoexec.nt.
I discovered that either Win XP SP 2 or another programme had corrupted the Autoexec.nt file. Once I reinstalled the Autoexec.nt file P3 worked fine.

What concerns me is that if Win XP SP 2 has caused the problem, it may affect other 16 bit programmes.
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Mon, 2004-08-30 18:23
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Ronald Winter
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P3 Windows Version 1.0 and P3 DOS (any version) will not run on XP no matter what you try. You can get P3 Windows Version 2 to run under XP but you won’t be able to print. It requires P3 Version 3.1 with Service Pack 2 to run P3 normally using your new operating system. Sorry for the bad news.
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