I had a look and found my exact problem.
http://www.oddworldforums.net/showth...ighlight=aslik and here
http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?t=15901
It seems you have to cheat you way through it. But the level skips don't work for me for some reason, and the ddcheat is no help as this level seems to be a stand alone level so you can't get back to the station. I have tried using older savegames but the problem is the same. I think it's the winxp patch that has caused the problem. I think I will go and download another .exe for AE and see if that helps.