Printer Uninstalitaiton

BPO · October 25th, 2005, 02:06 PM

Recently purchased a new printer, when i try to uninstal my previous printer i keep getting a window saying

" C:/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/AUTOEXEC.NT. They system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose close to terminate the application.

What is this and how do i uninstal my old printer?

meese · October 25th, 2005, 02:09 PM

This cryptic message is telling you that the AUTOEXEC.NT file cannot be found in the windows system32 folder.

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00642.htm

BPO · October 25th, 2005, 02:32 PM

what if i don't have the CD?

meese · October 25th, 2005, 02:42 PM

Copy the file from another pc.

BPO · October 25th, 2005, 02:45 PM

Can i still instal my new printer?

meese · October 25th, 2005, 02:49 PM

Yes. I don't think your printer has anything to do with this.

It just happens to be the first thing you installed that is looking for the AUTOEXEC.NT file.

BPO · October 25th, 2005, 02:54 PM

If i just leave it the error message will anything happen? Just instal my new printer and leave it is this okay to do?

BPO · October 25th, 2005, 02:58 PM

What CD do i have to re-instal?

meese · October 25th, 2005, 03:22 PM

You don't need to re-install any CD. Your system, for what ever reason, is missing the AUTOEXEC.NT file. It happened to me before. All you need to do it got to c:\windows\system32\ on another machine and copy the file to a floppy. Then copy it to the system32 folder on your pc. If you want I'll e-mail the file to you. I would fix it though because sooner or later you'll have this problem again.

You can try installing the new printer. If it works your good to go. But sooner or later you should fix the problem.

BPO · October 25th, 2005, 04:10 PM

If you could e-mail it would be great how do i send you my e-mail address?