How do I run a 16bit program in W2000?

[fastman]

This is on a work machine. I have a 16bit program (I believe) that will not install on a W2000 machine.
When I try to run the program a small window pops up with the heading of

16 bit Windows Subsystem

and within the box it says:

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows Application. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

with the two Close and Ignore buttons.

I researched Windows Virtual DOS Machine, (NTVDM) and it is installed and I tried to run it as a separate process, as described here:, but no luck.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[MiniDoom]

Have you tried a w98 boot disk?

 

[MrChad]

Did you try Windows 95 compatibility mode?

 

[fastman]

Forgot to mention it's a windows 16 bit program, so the 98 bootdisk won't work. Will look into the W95 mode and report back.