diff --git a/docker/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1 b/docker/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
index a8d3bd449..3695a16b3 100644
--- a/docker/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
+++ b/docker/install-scrypted-dependencies-win.ps1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-winget install -h OpenJS.NodeJS
-winget install -h "Python 3.10"
+winget install -h --id "OpenJS.NodeJS.LTS"
+winget install -h --id "Python.Python.3.10"
 
 py -m pip install --upgrade pip
 py -m pip install aiofiles debugpy typing_extensions typing opencv-python
diff --git a/npm-install.sh b/npm-install.sh
index f18744dc4..172e0f65c 100755
--- a/npm-install.sh
+++ b/npm-install.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-echo 'if (!process.version.startsWith("v18")) throw new Error("node 18 required")' | node
+echo 'if (!process.version.startsWith("v18")) throw new Error("Node 18 is required. Install Node Version Manager (nvm) for versioned node installations. See https://github.com/koush/scrypted/pull/498#issuecomment-1373854020")' | node
 if [ "$?" != 0 ]
 then
     exit