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November 18th, 2003 13:00

Windows Startup file

Does anyone know what the file LMSXXD.exe is?

 

It is the 1st thing to load in my startup group.

 

Thanks!

  • jci12

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    Posted November 18th, 2003 14:00

    I think it is the print spool file for my Xerox XD105f laser
  • JRosenfeld

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    Posted November 18th, 2003 14:00

    It is not on my drive, so not an XP home file. Neither Google, Symantec nor Spywareinfo searches turn up anything for lmsxxd.exe. Assuming that you typed the name correctly, you could try finding it on your hard drive. If it is in a folder in \program files, that should give a clue which program it is associated with. Otherwise, right click, properties, see if any info is given about the company who issued it or what it relates to. When searching the drive, make sure you search for hidden files and folders
  • jci12

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    Posted November 18th, 2003 14:00

    it is in the location:

    HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

    Search Results show:

    LMSXXD.EXE-0F25712C.pf   C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch

    LMSXXD                                  C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

    LMSXXD                                   C:\WINDOWS\LastGood\System32

    LMSXXD                                   C;\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\W32X86\3

  • ChrisRLG

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    Posted November 18th, 2003 14:00

    It is not found by google or pacmans startups. Sounds a possible bad one.
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  • JRosenfeld

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    Posted November 18th, 2003 15:00

    Tip: when searching for a file of a particular type (e.g. .exe), it is convenient to got Tools, folder options view tab, uncheck the box 'hide extensions for known file types'. Then you can easily see if it is the .exe that you are looking for, rather than some other file type with the same name.

    Assuming that the lmsxxd in the \system32 folder (or the one in the spools path) is the .exe, right click on that and look at its properties. That should confirm (or otherwise) your guess that it relates to Xerox printer (your'e probably right, since it also appears in the spools folder).

    The prefetch file is nothing to worry about. Prefetch is used to optimise the location offiles on your drive according to how you use programs, etc.

  • ChrisRLG

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    Posted November 18th, 2003 15:00

    As JRosenfeld said, right click the file and choose properties and tell us what you find.