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by graham7654

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A few months ago I had my computer redone. Now as time went by, I have a lot of problems downloading and installing programs, even programs that I could easily download before. The error message reads that "MS-DOS and Windows are not suitable for running together." Someone else did the work for me and I don't have the particular program myself "Windows 2000." Everything I have found has told me that I have a corrupt or missing file, the Autoexec.nt, Config.nt, and/or the Command.com. Is there a place I can go to download only the file(s) I need without having to buy the whole program? Obviously, I learned my lesson about some people working on my computer.

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by sanjuro1108

what you need is anti-virus software that would detect what's wrong with your PC you may also need to update your windows on the net. downloading programs is a dangerous Process it may contain a virus that could be hazardous to your PC.

by allthegoodnamesweregone

download and run a spyware scanner.

there is a certain peice of spyware (i forget the name) that actually deletes those files. Once the spyware is cleaned out, windows file protection should be able to restore those.

by cg it

well you need to repair the Windows 2000 installation. If appears that the autoexec.bat and config.sys files were changed which aren't used in a Windows environment for start up like they are in a DOS environment.

This requires the Windows 2000 media.

Note: you don't repair autoexec.bat and config.sys files so downloading them won't fix whats wrong.

by cg it

clarification: you don't repair the autoexec.bat and config.sys files as they are not used as in a DOS environment. The config.sys file is for loading devices into memory [first 640k or in load high upper memory block the portion of memory between 640k and 1MB if you have 1 MB of memory in a DOS environment all so DOS based programs [-640 k per line of code] have enough memory to run. Then there is extended and expaned memory with the EMM386 memory manager]. Ah the days of DOS.

by kkelly_79

i've counter similiar issues like this, and yes you can't pretty much repair autoexe and config.nt, at desperate decision, back up all impotant files you have and reinstall w2k. second (if you don't have one, get one, if you have one, reconfigure it) since your a reckless downloader, you might want to get a router and back it up with norton security (there's alot of antivirus out there but norton won't complicate you as much). unless your networking, might wanna shutoff your remote assistant option, spyware are stealth, routers and firewall keep sniffers from sniffing.

let us know how it turns out.

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