Steve Erbach
erbachs at gmail.com
Tue Mar 8 20:47:16 CST 2005
Dear Group, I have been using WinPatrol Plus v. 8 for quite a while and now I've downloaded the upgrade to v. 9. But when I use Run to execute Wpsetup, I get the following message: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 16 bit Windows subsystem (that's in the title bar) ---------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. Close Ignore (two buttons) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'm running WinXP SP2 with 1 GB of RAM on an Athlon 64 system. I see this message in one other situation: I run an old 2-user calendar/to-do list program called Day-Timer 2000. I see the exact same message as above and click Ignore. Then Day-Timer starts up and runs normally. I tried renaming the CONFIG.NT file to CONFIG.NTX in both the System32 and Repair folders (the two places that file is located). The message still appears. I tried un-installing WinPatrol completely. Now I can't re-install it while I still get the message. Bummer. I've checked the System Event Log: it's an informational item. When I click the link to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp, I get a dialog box with a bit more info. The File Name is ntdll.dll. The Source is Application Popup. The Event ID is 26. I went to EventID.net (I subscribe to this service) and found the exact text of the error message but completely irrelevant information. I tried logging in as Administrator and running the installation and got the same error. Anyone seen anything like this? -- Regards, Steve Erbach Scientific Marketing Neenah, WI www.swerbach.com Security Page: www.swerbach.com/security