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| | How to Allow Standard users to install network printers Does anybody know what the best practice for allowing standard users to install network printers is in Windows Vista? |
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| | Re: How to Allow Standard users to install network printers The reason I ask is that I'm trying to deploy Vista, and find a way to allow Standard Users to install Network Printer being shared from our Windows 2000 Print Server. I used Package Manager (pkgmgr) to add all the currently available drivers to the driver store, and the following GPO's: Prevent installation of devices not described by other policy settings Allow administrators to override Device Installation Restriction policies Allow installation of devices using drivers that match these device setup classes (which is then configured to allow the Printer GUID listed in System-Supplied Device Setup Classes:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791134.aspx) Allow non-administrators to install drivers for these device setup classes (which is then configured to allow the Printer GUID listed in System-Supplied Device Setup Classes:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791134.aspx) Unfortunately every time a standard user tries to install the printer, Vista tries to download the following driver: Printer Driver software installation Microsoft Windows "C:\Windows\system32\NtPrint.exe" PSetupElevatedInstallDownloadedLegacyDriverW {8FCEE422-B109-4758-9A6E-5BAB7B37996F} However the GUID is different almost every time. I assume that I'm missing something fairly simple, but for the life of me I can't figure out what. Any help would be appreciated. "Gilmore, Aran" <gilmore1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:FACCBCB4-8B00-47B9-B4CC-632D6B1B4ED1@xxxxxx Quote: > Does anybody know what the best practice for allowing standard users to > install network printers is in Windows Vista? |
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| | Re: How to Allow Standard users to install network printers You need to configure the Point and Print restrictions policy at a domain level. You can roll back the other changes you did. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...staPnPSec.mspx -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Gilmore, Aran" <gilmore1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:62D4DB89-0845-4B64-9EBA-2D4FCC30092F@xxxxxx Quote: > The reason I ask is that I'm trying to deploy Vista, and find a way to > allow Standard Users to install Network Printer being shared from our > Windows 2000 Print Server. I used Package Manager (pkgmgr) to add all the > currently available drivers to the driver store, and the following GPO's: > > Prevent installation of devices not described by other policy settings > Allow administrators to override Device Installation Restriction policies > Allow installation of devices using drivers that match these device setup > classes > (which is then configured to allow the Printer GUID listed in > System-Supplied Device Setup > Classes:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791134.aspx) > Allow non-administrators to install drivers for these device setup classes > (which is then configured to allow the Printer GUID listed in > System-Supplied Device Setup > Classes:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791134.aspx) > > > Unfortunately every time a standard user tries to install the printer, > Vista tries to download the following driver: > Printer Driver software installation > Microsoft Windows > "C:\Windows\system32\NtPrint.exe" > PSetupElevatedInstallDownloadedLegacyDriverW > {8FCEE422-B109-4758-9A6E-5BAB7B37996F} > > However the GUID is different almost every time. I assume that I'm missing > something fairly simple, but for the life of me I can't figure out what. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > "Gilmore, Aran" <gilmore1@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:FACCBCB4-8B00-47B9-B4CC-632D6B1B4ED1@xxxxxx Quote: >> Does anybody know what the best practice for allowing standard users to >> install network printers is in Windows Vista? |
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