trouble installing the 7th guest

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emmsy25

hi,have recently brought the 7th guest but cannot get it to work. I have
windows xp and have the patch you need for it to work properly. The only the
thing is i cannot get to install when i try i get the message
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. the system file is not suitable for running
ms-dos and microsoft windows applications.
please help
 
Hi emmsy25,

Here's an easy method to solve that error:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_m.htm#16bit

If that doesn't correct the issue, try this manual method:

1. Browse to C:\WINDOWS\repair
Right-Click and Copy the file named: autoexec.nt *

2. Browse to C:\WINDOWS\System32
Right-Click in that window to Paste the file
(Answer yes if prompted to replace existing file)


* Note: If the file autoexec.nt doesn't exist on your system
right click the link below and select the "Save Target As.."
option to save the file in C:\WINDOWS\System32
http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/AUTOEXEC.NT

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


emmsy25 Wrote:
=================
| hi,have recently brought the 7th guest but cannot get it to work. I have
| windows xp and have the patch you need for it to work properly. The only the
| thing is i cannot get to install when i try i get the message
| c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
| c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. the system file is not suitable for running
| ms-dos and microsoft windows applications.
| please help
 
hi jimmy, thanks for your help, it is now letting see the installation screen
and do the settings then ascreen comes up saying "setup is now copying
files" and thats it . it wont finish it.
any other ideas please
 
Hi emmsy25 via WindowsKB.com,

7th Guest and 11th Hour have a lot of fans who play it using XP. This article:
http://pub44.ezboard.com/ftheseventhguestandeleventhhourfrm1.showMessage?topicID=236.topic shares some of the techniques they use
to run it successfully.

Chris H recommends "going to www.google.com and doing a search for files
t7g*.zip and 11h242.zip. These are updates for 7th Guest and 11th Hour which
are quite helpful.".

Here's some general supplemental information which you should find useful ;-) ...
11th Hour has been made to work using Windows 2000 compatibility mode:
How to use Compatibility Mode: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533

or try using the Multiboot bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html .

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two of the best
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and: http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm :-)

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


emmsy25 via WindowsKB.com Wrote:
=================
| hi jimmy, thanks for your help, it is now letting see the installation screen
| and do the settings then ascreen comes up saying "setup is now copying
| files" and thats it . it wont finish it.
| any other ideas please
 
8-) And I was going to answer this originally, and couldn't find my link
the proper files. Good job, Jimmy!
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone -
 
Hi Chris!

Being a packrat helps. d:^)

Cheers,
JimmyTheRodent

Chris H. Wrote:
=================
| 8-) And I was going to answer this originally, and couldn't find my link
| the proper files. Good job, Jimmy!
|
| || Hi emmsy25 via WindowsKB.com,
||
|| 7th Guest and 11th Hour have a lot of fans who play it using XP. This
|| article:
|| http://pub44.ezboard.com/ftheseventhguestandeleventhhourfrm1.showMessage?topicID=236.topic
|| shares some of the techniques they use
|| to run it successfully.
||
|| Chris H recommends "going to www.google.com and doing a search for files
|| t7g*.zip and 11h242.zip. These are updates for 7th Guest and 11th Hour
|| which
|| are quite helpful.".
||
|| Here's some general supplemental information which you should find useful
|| ;-) ...
|| 11th Hour has been made to work using Windows 2000 compatibility mode:
|| How to use Compatibility Mode: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533
||
|| or try using the Multiboot bootdisk from:
|| http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html .
||
|| With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
|| http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php
||
|| If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two of the best
|| tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
|| and: http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm :-)
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
|| rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
|| emmsy25 via WindowsKB.com Wrote:
|| =================
||| hi jimmy, thanks for your help, it is now letting see the installation screen
||| and do the settings then ascreen comes up saying "setup is now copying
||| files" and thats it . it wont finish it.
||| any other ideas please
 
Help with t7g. Error message received when attempting to play (successful
installation has been completed) error message reads:
"XMS manager requires free 1024 kbs." Unable to proceed from this point.
2gb of ram 84% of memory unused windows xp media edition environment
 
Hi backup failures,

7th Guest and 11th Hour have a lot of fans who play it using XP. This article:
http://pub44.ezboard.com/ftheseventhguestandeleventhhourfrm1.showMessage?topicID=236.topic shares some of the techniques they use
to run it successfully.

Chris H recommends "going to www.google.com and doing a search for files
t7g*.zip and 11h242.zip. These are updates for 7th Guest and 11th Hour which
are quite helpful.".

Here's some general supplemental information which you should find useful ;-) ...
11th Hour has been made to work using Windows 2000 compatibility mode:
How to use Compatibility Mode: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533

or try using the Multiboot bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html .

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two of the best
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and: http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm :-)

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


backup failures Wrote:
=================
| Help with t7g. Error message received when attempting to play (successful
| installation has been completed) error message reads:
| "XMS manager requires free 1024 kbs." Unable to proceed from this point.
| 2gb of ram 84% of memory unused windows xp media edition environment
|
| "emmsy25" wrote:
|
|| hi,have recently brought the 7th guest but cannot get it to work. I have
|| windows xp and have the patch you need for it to work properly. The only the
|| thing is i cannot get to install when i try i get the message
|| c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
|| c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. the system file is not suitable for running
|| ms-dos and microsoft windows applications.
|| please help
 
Jimmy: I tried the url you provided and found that it no longer exists.
Compatibility mode requires accessing the program 7th guest no can do
updates for the t7g files only provides another version of the opening scene.
The issue I am encountering is an error message when attempting to play the
game...xms manager requires 1024k free...currently xms has only 941k
free...attempts to play the game fail...my enviornment=windows xp media
edition sp2
 
Hi backup failures,

The URL worked for me, perhaps it was temporarily unavailable,
however 7th Guest is one title that's not very forward compatible.

Here's the complete setup walkthrough as written by "inferno":
http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilecabinet1/XpSetUpWalkthroughsA_E/7thGuest_Setup.htm

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________


backup failures Wrote:
=================
| Jimmy: I tried the url you provided and found that it no longer exists.
| Compatibility mode requires accessing the program 7th guest no can do
| updates for the t7g files only provides another version of the opening scene.
| The issue I am encountering is an error message when attempting to play the
| game...xms manager requires 1024k free...currently xms has only 941k
| free...attempts to play the game fail...my enviornment=windows xp media
| edition sp2
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi backup failures,
||
|| 7th Guest and 11th Hour have a lot of fans who play it using XP. This article:
|| http://pub44.ezboard.com/ftheseventhguestandeleventhhourfrm1.showMessage?topicID=236.topic shares some of the techniques they
|| use to run it successfully.
||
|| Chris H recommends "going to www.google.com and doing a search for files
|| Cand 11h242.zip. These are updates for 7th Guest and 11th Hour which
|| are quite helpful.".
||
|| Here's some general supplemental information which you should find useful ;-) ...
|| 11th Hour has been made to work using Windows 2000 compatibility mode:
|| How to use Compatibility Mode: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533
||
|| or try using the Multiboot bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html .
||
|| With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
|| http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php
||
|| If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two of the best
|| tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
|| and: http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm :-)
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
|| backup failures Wrote:
|| =================
||| Help with t7g. Error message received when attempting to play (successful
||| installation has been completed) error message reads:
||| "XMS manager requires free 1024 kbs." Unable to proceed from this point.
||| 2gb of ram 84% of memory unused windows xp media edition environment
|||
||| "emmsy25" wrote:
|||
|||| hi,have recently brought the 7th guest but cannot get it to work. I have
|||| windows xp and have the patch you need for it to work properly. The only the
|||| thing is i cannot get to install when i try i get the message
|||| c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
|||| c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. the system file is not suitable for running
|||| ms-dos and microsoft windows applications.
|||| please help
 
jIMMY s. I again tried the url same results page displayed error. I have
contacted the inferno and followed the instructions. Issue appears to be
insuf. xms memory. error message is clear...7th guest requires 1024k free.
only 941k exists in dos running under windows xp
 
Hi backup failures,

Have you tried DosBox? It allows you to configure XMS memory.

--
Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

backup failures Wrote:
=================
| jIMMY s. I again tried the url same results page displayed error. I have
| contacted the inferno and followed the instructions. Issue appears to be
| insuf. xms memory. error message is clear...7th guest requires 1024k free.
| only 941k exists in dos running under windows xp
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi backup failures,
||
|| The URL worked for me, perhaps it was temporarily unavailable,
|| however 7th Guest is one title that's not very forward compatible.
||
|| Here's the complete setup walkthrough as written by "inferno":
|| http://home.earthlink.net/~infernofilecabinet1/XpSetUpWalkthroughsA_E/7thGuest_Setup.htm
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
|| backup failures Wrote:
|| =================
||| Jimmy: I tried the url you provided and found that it no longer exists.
||| Compatibility mode requires accessing the program 7th guest no can do
||| updates for the t7g files only provides another version of the opening scene.
||| The issue I am encountering is an error message when attempting to play the
||| game...xms manager requires 1024k free...currently xms has only 941k
||| free...attempts to play the game fail...my enviornment=windows xp media
||| edition sp2
|||
||| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|||
|||| Hi backup failures,
||||
|||| 7th Guest and 11th Hour have a lot of fans who play it using XP. This article:
|||| http://pub44.ezboard.com/ftheseventhguestandeleventhhourfrm1.showMessage?topicID=236.topic shares some of the techniques they
|||| use to run it successfully.
||||
|||| Chris H recommends "going to www.google.com and doing a search for files
|||| Cand 11h242.zip. These are updates for 7th Guest and 11th Hour which
|||| are quite helpful.".
||||
|||| Here's some general supplemental information which you should find useful ;-) ...
|||| 11th Hour has been made to work using Windows 2000 compatibility mode:
|||| How to use Compatibility Mode: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533
||||
|||| or try using the Multiboot bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html .
||||
|||| With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
|||| http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php
||||
|||| If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two of the best
|||| tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
|||| and: http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm :-)
||||
|||| --
|||| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|||| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||||
|||| Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
|||| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|||| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|||| _________________________________________________________
||||
||||
|||| backup failures Wrote:
|||| =================
||||| Help with t7g. Error message received when attempting to play (successful
||||| installation has been completed) error message reads:
||||| "XMS manager requires free 1024 kbs." Unable to proceed from this point.
||||| 2gb of ram 84% of memory unused windows xp media edition environment
|||||
||||| "emmsy25" wrote:
|||||
|||||| hi,have recently brought the 7th guest but cannot get it to work. I have
|||||| windows xp and have the patch you need for it to work properly. The only the
|||||| thing is i cannot get to install when i try i get the message
|||||| c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
|||||| c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt. the system file is not suitable for running
|||||| ms-dos and microsoft windows applications.
|||||| please help
 
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