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Setting a default printer for the DEFAULT USER
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    Setting a default printer for the DEFAULT USER

    I have a Vista (enterprise) machine that is joined to a domain.

    There are ~8 printers defined.

    How do I set which of these printers is the default one selected for a new user that logs on?




    I can do this either from the local group policy, or the registry.

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    Re: Setting a default printer for the DEFAULT USER

    the print scripts in \system32\printing_admin_scripts\en_us use the WMI
    interface to make the set_default_printer spooler call


    cscript prnmngr.vbs -t -p "printer name"

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    >
    > I have a Vista (enterprise) machine that is joined to a domain.
    >
    > There are ~8 printers defined.
    >
    > How do I set which of these printers is the default one selected for a
    > new user that logs on?
    >
    >
    > I can do this either from the local group policy, or the registry.
    >
    >
    > --
    > CNBarnes


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