Not a valid Win 32 application when trying to load automation .

I am having an issue with Ghost version 3, and it continues still now in refresh 3 of the beta. I create an installer version of the automation partition to be installed on XP machines I am testing, so that I can image them in my development lab, and I get the message upon install of the package "(filename).exe is not a valid Win32 app" and therefore I can not load the boot/automation partition. I can however do this in Win 7 just fine.

Is there no version to do this with Win XP? We still have many XP machines, and it would be very handy to be able to load the automation patition under Windows like you can with Win 7.

I hope this does not sound confusing. I needed i can clarify.