Lexmark X83 and Win XP

[2ftrain576]

Lexmark X83 on a pentium 1 gig system, running Windows XP SP1.

I was told that this multi function devise was working fine on friday, no programs added or removed from the system.
The devise works fine on its own, scans, copies, and prints.
When i tried to re- install the printer in Win XP SP1 i get this message

16 bit Windows Subsystem
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose ' close ' to terminate the application.

The program for the Lexmark X83 will finish loading, but there is no sign of the printer. However i can still scan from the computer using this devise just fine.
Can anyone explain to me what might be going on? Thanks.

[Snowbound67]

Lexmark X83 on a pentium 1 gig system, running Windows XP SP1.

I was told that this multi function devise was working fine on friday, no programs added or removed from the system.
The devise works fine on its own, scans, copies, and prints.
When i tried to re- install the printer in Win XP SP1 i get this message

16 bit Windows Subsystem
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose ' close ' to terminate the application.

The program for the Lexmark X83 will finish loading, but there is no sign of the printer. However i can still scan from the computer using this devise just fine.
Can anyone explain to me what might be going on? Thanks.

Hi 2ftrain...

I had that prob on an install about 2 weeks ago... here is the M$ KB article link to help fixing your problem.

MS KB324767 (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767&Product=winxp)

Also, I think Lexmark has an uninstall proggie for the X83, if I remember correctly... you might want to completely uninstall it, fix your XP using the link, then try re-install your X83.


Good luck,

Snow

[DonJ]

Drivers and Downloads for the Windows XP Environment (http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:95:0:0&os_group=Windows%20XP&target=)

There are a couple of Firmware Upgrades as well as the Uninstall Utility that Snowbound referenced above.

Good Luck!

[2ftrain576]

Thanks guys.I had to usse the uninstall from Lexmark isn safe mode, then use system restore to an earlier date, before i could get the the driver to work again.
Thanks again.

[eraumon]

This works for the lexmark X84 and X85 printers. I havent tryed it on anything else yet but when I get back to work this'll get put up on the wall.
I've been getting this problem on many computers running windows XP. This is a good fix for a problem that occures when trying to install many different types of softwear including AVG anti-virus. Thanks alot!

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767&Product=winxp