The technician who you spoke to was mistaken. A Lexmark printer (I have one, so I 
know!) runs *okay* under Windows ME on a mere 64 MB of RAM.

To cure your problem, try these suggestions :



1. Stop Programs Running Automatically at Startup

Possibly you have too many programs running automatically at startup. You can't run 
a lot of programs at the same time on an older processor. Go to:

 START > PROGRAMS > STARTUP

and delete the shortcuts there, to stop unnecessary programs from running automatically 
at startup. Only start programs you are actually using, and only when you actually 
need them.


2. Look for a Device Driver Fault

Open the Device Manager -

 START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > DEVICE MANAGER

If there are any entries with an exclamation mark against them (which indicates a 
fault), remove those entries also, in the same way.

Then reboot. Windows will automatically re-install the correct drivers in the course 
of the reboot. You may have to point the install wizard to the location of the proper 
driver, which is probably one of these locations -

 C:\WINDOWS
 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS
 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS

Sometimes you have to delete every device from Device Manager, in Safe Mode, in order 
to cure a really serious device conflict.


3. If the Printer is a USB Device

To cure a USB device fault, open the Device Manager -

 START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > DEVICE MANAGER


In Device Manager -

1. Click on the "+" sign next to 'Universal Serial Bus Controllers'.

2. Click on each entry under that heading (to highlight it), then delete the entry 
by clicking "Remove".

There will be several entries to delete. You will have to click on the "+" sign to 
re-open the section after deleting each one.

If there are any entries with a yellow exclamation mark (which indicates a fault) 
or a yellow question mark (which indicates an unrecognised device) against them, 
remove those entries also.

Then reboot. Windows will automatically re-install the correct drivers in the course 
of the reboot. If you are asked to point the install wizard to the location of the 
proper driver file, it is probably in one of these folders -

 C:\WINDOWS
 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS
 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS


Alternatively, this type of fault can be caused by a conflict with a driver for a 
device that's not in use. Such drivers only show up in Safe Mode, which shows all 
installed drivers (only those for the devices currently attached to the system are 
shown while in normal mode).

So if the solution above doesn't cure the fault, reboot into SAFE mode. Then open 
the Device Manager again, and (using the same procedure as explained above) delete 
all "ghost" entries seen there, i.e. those entries that ONLY show up in Safe Mode, 
and all USB entries.

Then reboot again, into normal mode. Windows will automatically re-install the correct 
drivers in the course of the reboot. You should unplug all other USB devices from 
the computer before this reboot, so that the problem device is the only USB device 
attached - this increases the chances of success.


4. Try Manually Updating the Driver

Open the device manager.

Highlight the printer device in Device Manager, and click PROPERTIES, and go through 
the procedure for manually updating the driver. Manufacturers typically supply several 
driver files, and it is possible you have used the wrong one.

The newest driver is NOT necessarily the one to go for. You may need to install an 
older one, dated prior to the release of Windows XP.

Check the website of the printer's manufacturer for a more recent driver file for 
Windows  98.


Ed







On Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 2:43 pm, George Arata wrote:

>I r ecently purchased a new printer,but been having p

>roblems the the system frezzes & is very slow. Called

>lexmark for help Techniction told me i need at least 128omb rams I only have 127omb 

>ram. can you help me

>                                              Thank you

>                                                George Arata
 

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