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Have you attempted to add the users to the local Power Users group? &nbsp;Within this group they should be able to add a networked printer and install printer drivers.<br />
Check out this link which has a section describing the different default groups.<br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_security_default_settings.mspx?mfr=true" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_security_default_settings.mspx?mfr=true</a>
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Have you attempted to add the users to the local Power Users group?  Within this group they should be able to add a networked printer and install printer drivers.
Check out this link which has a section describing the different default groups.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_security_default_settings.mspx?mfr=true [http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_security_default_settings.mspx?mfr=true]

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But with power users group, they can install applications also, which is not good.
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But with power users group, they can install applications also, which is not good.

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we have domain users that have problems connecting to network printers as domain users, unless if a user is a local admin which is someting we don't want them to be.<br />
Is there any work around this? I mean Leave them as domain users, but with ability to connect to the printers and install the drivers?<br />
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thanks
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we have domain users that have problems connecting to network printers as domain users, unless if a user is a local admin which is someting we don't want them to be.
Is there any work around this? I mean Leave them as domain users, but with ability to connect to the printers and install the drivers?

thanks

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