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You can restore the registry entry but it will be useless becuase you will still need to install the drivers. In my opinion it is a waste of time trying to restore individually unless there are many printers using the same driver.<br />
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In the future you can avoid this by backing up printers and drivers using the free MS utility Print Migrator <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/printmigrator3.1.mspx" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/printmigrator3.1.mspx</a>
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You can restore the registry entry but it will be useless becuase you will still need to install the drivers. In my opinion it is a waste of time trying to restore individually unless there are many printers using the same driver.

In the future you can avoid this by backing up printers and drivers using the free MS utility Print Migrator http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/printmigrator3.1.mspx [http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsServer2003/techinfo/overview/printmigrator3.1.mspx]

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Hi,<br />
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Our print server was having problem so we have formatted it and re-installed 2003 server, but i want to know is it possible to restore the printers back if i restore the system state backup,<br />
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If possible send me the Microsoft dcoument (if availabe) about the above question,<br />
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Thanks,<br />
<br />
tanveer.
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Hi,

Our print server was having problem so we have formatted it and re-installed 2003 server, but i want to know is it possible to restore the printers back if i restore the system state backup,

If possible send me the Microsoft dcoument (if availabe) about the above question,

Thanks,

tanveer.

Printer Restore by system state backup

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).