printer problems

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When I try to load my lexmark X85 or my lexmark Z45 printers the following
message appears: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.
I am running Windows XP.
How can I fix this problem?

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Byte wrote:
> *Error message when you install or start an MS-DOS or 16-bit
> Windows-based
> program
> http://tinyurl.com/7vt5
>
> 16-bit MS-DOS Subsystem error while installing or running a DOS
> application
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/16bit.htm
>
> --
> XP-WNP
> Today is the first day of the
> rest of your life.
>
>
> "gary" wrote:
>
> > When I try to load my lexmark X85 or my lexmark Z45 printers the
> following
> > message appears: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.
> > I am running Windows XP.
> > How can I fix this problem? *

To fix the problem this is what you do.

1 Insert the CD into the CD drive or DVD drive.
2 Click START, and then click RUN.
3 In the OPEN box, type cmd,and then click OK.
4 At the command prompt, type the following commands, pressing ENTER
after each command:

expand CD-ROM Driver Letter:\i386\config.nt_
c:\windows\systems32\config.nt
expand CD-ROM Driver Letter:\i386\autoexec.nt_
c:\windows\systems32\autoexec.nt
expand CD-ROM Driver Letter:\i386\command.co_
c:\windows\system32\command.com

5 Start or install the program. If the issue is resolved, do not
complete the remaining steps. If the issue is not resolved, go to the
next step.
6 NOTE: The Command.com file is not edited or created in this in the
following process. Because of this, you may have to expand it from your
Windows XP CD-ROM.

Start Notepad.
7 In Notepad, type the following entries:

dos=high, umb
device=%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\himem.sys
files=40

8 On the File menu, click Save As;
9 In the File Name box, type Config.nt, and the click Save. Close the
Config.nt file.
10 On the File menu, click NEW.
11 In the new blank document, type the following entries:

@echo off
lh %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\mscdexnt.exe
lh %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\redir
lh %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\dosx
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3

12 On the File menu, click SAVE AS.
13 In the File Name box, type Autoexec.nt, and then click Save. Close
the Autoexec.nt file.
14 Start Windows Explorer. Locate the Config.nt file, right-click the
Config.nt file,and then click Copy.
15 Right-click the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 folder, and the click Paste.
16 Locate the Autoexec.nt file, right-click the Autoexec.nt file,and
then click Copy.
17 Right-click the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 folder, and then click Paste.
18 Locate the Command.com file, right-click the expanded Command.com
file, and then click Copy.
19 Right-click the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 folder, and then click Paste.
Restart your computer.

If the issue continues to occur, copy the Autoexec.nt and Config.nt
files from the Repair folder in Windows to the System folder. To do so,
follow these steps:

1 Click Start, click Run, type c:\windows\repair,and click OK.
2 Right-click autoexec.nt,and then click Copy.
3 Click Start click Run, type c:\windows\system32,and then click OK.
4 Right-click anywhere in that folder, ands then click Paste.
5 Right-click the Autoexect.nt file that you just copied,and then click
Properties.
6 Click to select Read-Only,and then click OK.
7 Repeat steps 1 to 6 to copy the Config.nt file.

NOTE Yoy must enable Read-Only permisdions or the files will be removed
after you restart Windows.

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thedon57
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