Members Dark Slide Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Any idea what this is about? I am pretty good about virus stuff and I scan pretty often etc... but I am not sure why I started getting this message all of a sudden. Some of the programs I am trying to install shouldn't need DOS to run. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dert_stylus Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 try adjusting the settings to 32 bit. desktop if this fails to work , you have no other choice but to ....BUY A MAC !!!!!! J/K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoundandBlocked Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Originally posted by dert_stylus if this fails to work , you have no other choice but to ....BUY A RIC !!!!!!J/K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deville Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 When does it occur?If it's at startup, go into msconfig and see if anything is trying to start up that shouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members taskman Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Look here for clues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tenyearsgone Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Originally posted by Dark Slide Any idea what this is about? I am pretty good about virus stuff and I scan pretty often etc... but I am not sure why I started getting this message all of a sudden. Some of the programs I am trying to install shouldn't need DOS to run. Any thoughts? Did you install or let windows update to the DREADED service pack 2? That might be the problem. It's not recommended to install service pack 2 as there are a host of problems it causes but MS calls these problems "fixes". Typical M$ BS as usual.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeromus-X Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Originally posted by tenyearsgone Did you install or let windows update to the DREADED service pack 2? That might be the problem. It's not recommended to install service pack 2 as there are a host of problems it causes but MS calls these problems "fixes". Typical M$ BS as usual.... What? Anyway, what's going on is that there's a DOS-based program running somewhere... or a program that uses a DOS-based startup. We get the error at work for our fax program which runs when the computer starts up. FaxTalk Pro, I believe. Anyway, it's not doing you any harm if your stuff is working the way it always has. Best bet is to check msconfig as has been said, or download HijackThis and see if there's anything unfamiliar loading up at startup. Be aware that msconfig lets you uncheck things and then re-check them if it wasn't the problem; HijackThis actually deletes entries, and the undo/recovery doesn't always work 100%, so if you're not sure what you're doing, either use msconfig or post a HijackThis log before you go deleting things. Addendum: Head over to www.trend.com and run HouseCall (the free online system scanner they have). It should be on the main page somewhere. There's a few variants of a Downloader trojan that cause the error to pop up as well from corrupted system files. If that's the case, Trend will let you know you've got the virus and will clean it off; if you still get the error, do a system recovery with the XP disc (boot to the disc and hit enter, F8, and R in that order... you won't lose your stuff). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dark Slide Posted August 11, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Thanks people. I was going to try a restore from the XP disk, but I had to go to work and it would have taken too long. I use Housecall quite often for checking for virus' but thanks for that suggestion I think I am all set, I am just going to repair my windows from the CD now and go from there. Will update if I have any more issues. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dert_stylus Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Buy A MAC !!!! Buy a MAC !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeromus-X Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Originally posted by dert_stylus Buy A MAC !!!! Buy a MAC !!! What a stupid {censored}ing response. If someone gets a flat tire, do you tell them to buy a boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dert_stylus Posted August 11, 2005 Members Share Posted August 11, 2005 Originally posted by Zeromus-X What a stupid {censored}ing response. If someone gets a flat tire, do you tell them to buy a boat? Dude, that was said in Jest. I tried to help him out as I had the same problem at work and all we did was change the bit rate... So dude chillout man, no need to cuss me out because i say buy a MAC !!! btw.... Buy A Mac !!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deville Posted August 12, 2005 Members Share Posted August 12, 2005 You'll have to excuse Z-X. He had a little too much coffee this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bluescout Posted August 16, 2005 Members Share Posted August 16, 2005 Search http://support.microsoft.com for various parts of the error message. I've seen that and it's simply a missing file that helps the NT kernel deal with DOS style programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bluescout Posted August 16, 2005 Members Share Posted August 16, 2005 Try this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305521 Or buy a tree hugging Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rikshaw Posted August 16, 2005 Members Share Posted August 16, 2005 Originally posted by Zeromus-X What a stupid {censored}ing response. If someone gets a flat tire, do you tell them to buy a boat? buy a ric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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