If you have a Lexmark printer connected to your PC, you will need the file lxddmon.exe, because this is the file that your system uses to communicate with your device. Disabling the file will limit the functions of your printer, or prevent it from running altogether. The file’s general location on disk is C:\Program Files\Lexmark 2500 Series\lxddmon.exe. Standard file size is 284.9 KB. The file will launch upon startup but will not run in the background, so you can keep it enabled. The application will only launch when invoked by the user. As far as users’ experiences go, the file was never detected by AV programs as a bad file. There have likewise been no reports of the file being used by malware to attack your registry keys, or override legitimate processes. In addition to these, the file has not been reported as CPU-intensive even while in active use. Simultaneous printing jobs however, may cause CPU speed to slow down.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. lxddmon.exe. is used by Device Monitor, If you shut down lxddmon.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop lxddmon.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Device Monitor, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed lxddmon.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Device Monitor, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if lxddmon.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that lxddmon.exe, belongs to, in this case Device Monitor