XP looking for long gone printer

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Peter M

Hello,
I am getting the following error in Event Viewer. Any suggestions as to how
get rid of it. It is slowing down bootup.
Thanks

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Print
Event Category: None
Event ID: 23
Date: 7/4/2008
Time: 11:01:08 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: MEGCOMPUTER
Description:
Printer Lexmark X5100 Series failed to initialize because a suitable Lexmark
X5100 Series driver could not be found.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
 
Under what do I find it in Device Manager? Booting up in regular mode, I do
not see any printers at all in Device Manager (even the currently installed
one that I am using).
 
Peter said:
Hello,
I am getting the following error in Event Viewer. Any suggestions as to
how get rid of it. It is slowing down bootup.
Thanks

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Print
Event Category: None
Event ID: 23
Date: 7/4/2008
Time: 11:01:08 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: MEGCOMPUTER
Description:
Printer Lexmark X5100 Series failed to initialize because a suitable
Lexmark X5100 Series driver could not be found.
Click to expand...

1. Go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall anything connected with this
printer, if you find it there.

2. Go to Control Panel>Printers and see if the Lexmark is listed. If it is,
delete it.

3. Go to Services (Start>Run>services.msc [enter]) and find any Lexmark
printer services, stop them, and disable them.

Malke
 
Thanks Malke.
Nothing in 1 & 2 (had tried those already), but did find a Service running
called "LexBce Server". Unfortunately, the Description field is blank, so I
don't know what it is for sure; although from the name you might guess it has
something to do with Lexmark... but not sure. Any clues?

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Thanks for any help


Malke said:
Peter said:
Hello,
I am getting the following error in Event Viewer. Any suggestions as to
how get rid of it. It is slowing down bootup.
Thanks

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Print
Event Category: None
Event ID: 23
Date: 7/4/2008
Time: 11:01:08 AM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: MEGCOMPUTER
Description:
Printer Lexmark X5100 Series failed to initialize because a suitable
Lexmark X5100 Series driver could not be found.
Click to expand...

1. Go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall anything connected with this
printer, if you find it there.

2. Go to Control Panel>Printers and see if the Lexmark is listed. If it is,
delete it.

3. Go to Services (Start>Run>services.msc [enter]) and find any Lexmark
printer services, stop them, and disable them.

Malke
Click to expand...
 
Peter said:
Thanks Malke.
Nothing in 1 & 2 (had tried those already), but did find a Service
running called "LexBce Server". Unfortunately, the Description
field is blank, so I don't know what it is for sure; although from
the name you might guess it has something to do with Lexmark... but
not sure. Any clues?
Click to expand...

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

"LexBce Server"
Googling...

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/LexBce_Server-7634.html
 
Peter said:
Thanks Malke.
Nothing in 1 & 2 (had tried those already), but did find a Service running
called "LexBce Server". Unfortunately, the Description field is blank, so
I don't know what it is for sure; although from the name you might guess
it has something to do with Lexmark... but not sure. Any clues?
Click to expand...

I see that Shenan has already taught you how to fish, but yes.

Malke
 
We observed that in registry under HKLM\software\Microsoft\Windows NT\current
version\Print\Providers\LanMan Services\Server\
Under this location there were old Lexmark printer driver pointers but no
printer
drivers as we had deleted them, after deleting the entries from above
registry
location the events stopped occurring on the machine.
 
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