Hi

Having problems with running cmd.com the window opens but is unuseable
accepting no input from the keyboard. After a long wait an error message
appears "The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction .... Close
to terminate" etc.
Interestingly if I run a command that opens the window itself and then
executes such as ipconfig it appears to run ok, but of course it all
happens in a flash and the window closes again.
I am running XP Home SP2 on a Compaq Presario 2138EA with 768MB RAM.

Please help!

Thanks

There is no CMD.com in XP. I would suggest removeing the malware from
the PC.

lonely brain cell wrote:

lonely brain cell wrote:

You have viruses and probably other malware on your computer. Here are
cleaning steps:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Malke
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Try running CMD /K IPCONFIG /ALL

It should keep the Window open for you.

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Yes of course! Cmd.exe is the file that should run. I was just typing
cmd and it was cmd.com that was trying to run. It appears to have been
created by a old game .... anyway got rid of it now .....

Thanks for all the tips guys .. I should have spotted this one!

lonely brain cell wrote: