4 Responses to NT 3.5 CPU Error

1. Stevie Goodwin says:

   December 1, 2012 at 11:28 pm

   I found a trick. After install, Boot to DOS, Type edit,
   Press ALT+F, Highlight C:\, WINNT or WINNT 35 (if you have win nt 3.5 installed), Press I for INITAL.INF
   and erase “” ? $(!LIBHANDLE) GetProcessor and change to $(ProcessorID_I586)
   Then press ALT+F again and press enter for save.
   Then press ALT+F again and Press S for SETUP.INF and do the same.
   On SETUP.INF, Do the same for INITAL.INF and Erase “” ? $(!LIBHANDLE) GetProcessor and change to $(ProcessorID_I586)
   Then press ALT+F again and press enter again for save.
   Then press ALT+F again to exit and remove floppy and Press CLRT+ALT+DEL.
   Windows will now load and not say Windows cannot install on this processor, but ask you for your name and company.
2. michaln says:

   December 1, 2012 at 11:50 pm

   Yes, this method works, but is a lot more labor intensive and must be redone every time NT is reinstalled. And it is a lot harder to use if there is no DOS partition (e.g. installing NT on a clean disk).
3. fart says:

   September 22, 2025 at 4:17 pm

   if ur on virtual box you have to go to settings and go to processor and set execution cap to like 50% or less
   if ur on vmware then you have to go on host and go to control panel or search up power plan and turn it to power saver
   if ur on 86box then select i486(socket 3) and select sis 496 soyo 4saw2

   if ur on anything else then sorry
   i hope this helps 🙂
4. Michal Necasek says:

   September 22, 2025 at 7:01 pm

   I’m not sure why reducing the execution speed should help. Emulating a pre-P6 processor definitely does.

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