Pags Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 This started a few days ago. It appears when I first start up windows, and I've also seen it appear when I open my Windows Explorer. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/paganoman/16bit.jpg How do I get it to stop? Any help? Oh, btw, I run Windows 2000 Professional, and from the surface this does not appear to inhibit my use. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Yo - that file exists onmy w2k machine and reads: @echo off REM AUTOEXEC.BAT is not used to initialize the MS-DOS environment. REM AUTOEXEC.NT is used to initialize the MS-DOS environment unless a REM different startup file is specified in an application's PIF. REM Install CD ROM extensions lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe) lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir REM Install DPMI support lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx Open it up with notepad.exe and compare. I get no errors with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pags Posted December 20, 2004 Author Share Posted December 20, 2004 Woah, I couldn't locate the file in the SYSTEM32 folder. I did a search for it, and it came up under C:\WINNT\repair. Yikes. I opened the file and all of the text matches what you sent. Should I just move it back into the SYSTEM32 folder? What could have sent the file there in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Sounds like you got HDD errors dude. Do a scan man, as well as a virus scan. How that got damaged is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 QUOTE (paganoman @ Dec 20 2004, 07:40 AM) This started a few days ago. It appears when I first start up windows, and I've also seen it appear when I open my Windows Explorer. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/paganoman/16bit.jpg How do I get it to stop? Any help? Oh, btw, I run Windows 2000 Professional, and from the surface this does not appear to inhibit my use. Thanks!! I have had this before. It caused my music programs not to operate properly. There is a fix for this. You can download it from Microsoft.com or search for it on the net yourself. The way I found a fix for this in the first place was to type the message that appears into a search bar and follow the links you find from there. I had a link saved to favorites but the link "cannot be found." I will look for another one and post it if I find it. Fear not it will go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Follow this link to find a solution. It is a fairly common and Microsoft is aware of it. There are files to download that will fix it. Give this link a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 Awesome fix Drum! I'm still curious how the file got moved/deleted in the first place. That alone scares me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Did this work for you Paganoman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 I like the title of the thread lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 "I can't believe the news today...I want to close my eyes and 'make it go away' How long, how long must we sing this song?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pags Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 QUOTE (D-13 @ Dec 21 2004, 11:41 AM) I like the title of the thread lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pags Posted December 21, 2004 Author Share Posted December 21, 2004 QUOTE (Drumnut @ Dec 21 2004, 03:50 AM) Did this work for you Paganoman? Thanks Drum. I went to the link and read the instructions. I'm at the office, and my Windows 2000 CD is at the house. I'll attempt this tonight. I appreciate yours and Barney's help!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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