Can it work on Vista?

[smurfette2031]

Hi guys i really need your help.

I downloaded a software trial for a program from a website. The program is a CAD program for fashion. However when i click the setup.exe option i get this message:

HARDLOCK.SYS version too old.

 Then i click on ok which prompts this message:

The Win16 Subsystem was unable to enter Protected Mode, DOSX.EXE must be in your AUTOEXEC.NT and present in your PATH.

I looked around and found that it might actually be a Windows NT program. Is that so? If it is, is there anyway to get to work on vista by installing a patch for example or something?

Have tried changing compatibility mode in properties but didnt work.
Im running vista home edition 32 Bit.

Please help.

regards

[smurfette2031]

Hi everyone,

Never mind, i got it to work. For anyones future reference or if anyone gets the same error message here is what I did.

For the error message
HARDLOCK.SYS version too old.

I got rid of it by downloading a new version of the hardlock driver. Oddly enough I found what I needed in a website that provides software tools for the mining industry. Here is a link

http://www.rocscience.com/downloads/hardlock.asp.

To get rid of this message:

The Win16 Subsystem was unable to enter Protected Mode, DOSX.EXE must be in your AUTOEXEC.NT and present in your PATH.

All I had to do was download new copies of the AUTOEXEC.NT and CONFIG.NT from here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/39996729/b3c6083/AUTOEXEC.html?s=1 and just search for the other files you might need.

Took me a while to figure out but for someone whos not computer savvy, i think I did good

I hope this will help anyone else in the future.

Regards

[Mulreay]

Thanks for adding the answer that's very cool.

[Helpmeh]

All I had to do was download new copies of the AUTOEXEC.NT and CONFIG.NT from here:

I'm not 100% sure about this, but that could lead to problems in the near future...

[smurfette2031]

I'm not 100% sure about this, but that could lead to problems in the near future...

Hi Can you please explain? Im not exactly sure what you mean. What kind of problems can it cause?

[patio]

May have been a wild guess...
Native Vista i believe does not have these files unless you create them yourself.
I think you'll be OK...