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I am trying to reinstall my HP Scanner after updating to XP. When downloading
the driver I get the following message -C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT.
THE SYSTEM FILE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR RUNNING MS-DOS AND MICROSOFT WINDOWS
APPLICATIONS.
How do I overcome this problem. Many thanks, Kerrie

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Hi

Please see if the following article helps:

"Error Message When You Install or Start an MS-DOS or 16-Bit Windows Based
Program"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324767

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"Kay" <Kay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6A39C089-9B5A-4CF2-BA48-4531ECABC1E7@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to reinstall my HP Scanner after updating to XP. When
>downloading
> the driver I get the following message -C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT.
> THE SYSTEM FILE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR RUNNING MS-DOS AND MICROSOFT WINDOWS
> APPLICATIONS.
> How do I overcome this problem. Many thanks, Kerrie

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Kay wrote:
> I am trying to reinstall my HP Scanner after updating to XP. When downloading
> the driver I get the following message -C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT.
> THE SYSTEM FILE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR RUNNING MS-DOS AND MICROSOFT WINDOWS
> APPLICATIONS.
> How do I overcome this problem. Many thanks, Kerrie
Try this article
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;324767

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