Vista - Deleting Network Printers

Hello Everyone,

I've used a script to map a network printer from an old print server called
Server1 (ie. \\server1\printer) onto the XP workstation. I've recently
created a new print server (Server2) and mapped the network printer (ie.
\\server2\printer) onto the same XP workstation. When I attempt to remove
the old print driver from Server1 using a script the command fails because
Server1 is no longer active on the network. Is there a way to force the
network printer connection to be deleted?

I've tried the following commands:

rundll32 printui.dll PrintUIEntry /dn /n\\server1\printer
removeprinterconnection in a VBS script with the force delete option

It seems none of the aforementioned commands want to work because they are
unable to communicate with the old print server.

I appreciate any suggestions to resolve this issue.

Thank you,
D

Derek, I think this is a known problem, but I can't replicate it at the
moment - I did the test from Vistax64 connecting to a printer on a client PC
which I then shut down, and the removal worked quietly. I'll try a test from
XP to a server later, but could you check the following points?

(1) Any idea who created the printer mapping initially, and what their
privileges were? I believe that if a privileged user created the mapping and
you are trying to remove the printer as a normal user, you'll encounter
problems. It's also possibly due to a printer policy, although I'm rusty on
the details of what we would see.

(2) What exact error message(s) do you get, if any, when attempting to
remove the printer from the WSH script? Include the error numeric if you
can.

Those answers should help rule out some specific problem possibilities.

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