16 bit Windows Subsystem Error Message

I'm having trouble with my scanner, when I click on Twain I get a the message, "No scanner or other TWAIN image source found on the system."
So I put my scanner cd in to redownload the scanner program and this is the message I get. At the top it reads: "16 bit Windows Subsystem" Then the message reads: "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXE.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS- DOD and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. Then at the bottom I have a choice to Close or Ignore.

I was wondering if system restore might correct this problem ?

If not does anyone know what might ?

 

I had this issue a few weeks ago on one of my client's machines. I couldn't install several apps. The autoexe.nt file had been corrupted. I replaced it with a clean copy off another machine. Everything worked fine after that.

It might.

 

Hi there

i also have this error message when trying to install AVG. Please could you elaborate on how to fix this please? How did you obtain a copy from another machine, and as a newby is this something i could do?!

thanks!

 

put in your xp cd
from the command line type:
expand D:\i386\autoexec.nt_ c:\windows\system32\autoexec.nt

 

Hi there - problem solved - much easier than i thought. Thanks very much - and thanks to Diamond Geez too!

 

StiKyVik, glad you got your problem sorted. We need to hear from the orginal poster prior to marking HIS or HER thread solved

Welcome to TSG by the way