techie help please

[davewells]

Any wizzo's on computers out there please. I have just bought a Microtek 8700 scanner that does slides and the fuckin software won't load - Scanwizard 5, comes up with the following gobbledegook :- 16 bit Windows Subsystem box with the following message :- C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose @Close' to terminate the application. And then there are two boxes of choice 'Close' or 'Ignore'. Upon clicking ignore - nothing happens. HELP it's driving me fuckin mental.

[planeterotica]

Hi Dave, is it combatable with the systems you are using i purchased a Heward Packard scanner a while back only to discover it wasnt combatable with XP.

[Jacques]

Its not XP/NT compatible only 98SE, ME and 2000 will work with it.

[davewells]

Yep !

[davewells]

That's not what it says.

[Jacques]

Oops Sorry!!! - that's the 1394 adapter

[Jacques]

Found this at Micro$oft

[davewells]

Thanks Jacques thats it but too involved for my tiny mind. I need a visiting comp doc ?

[Cenobitez]

There is an EASY fix for this

Just get a the missing autoexec.nt file and throw it into your system folder, thats ?65 for my time, and ?20 for downloaded parts please

Ummmm i miss the days

p.s. i can mail it to you if ya like

[davewells]

Thanks to all. I've done it now, just gotta work out how to use it now ?