More default printer problems..
Upon the advice of people here, I am setting printers up using con2prt. This works okay, under a Group Policy at user level. However, if I move this to computer level it runs the script, but fails - this seems to be because it can't reach the printers on the server? Has anyone successfully configured remote printers on a per-computer basis?? The reason I want to do this is because we have students and the printers they use depends on which lab they are in - so I can't set things up on a per-user basis.
Additionally sometimes when a user logs in they can see the printers, but they can't be contacted. However when we login as administrator on the computer the queues can be opened okay. Then after a reboot and login as a user again everything is fine - why is this?
Additionally sometimes when a user logs in they can see the printers, but they can't be contacted. However when we login as administrator on the computer the queues can be opened okay. Then after a reboot and login as a user again everything is fine - why is this?
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I would delete before adding.
Another option that may work....
3292 > Allow users to always install with System privileges. Administrator priv
Windows 2000 has an Always install with elevated privileges Group Policy, that directs Windows Installer to always use System permissions when installing a program.
I quote the Resource Kit:
This policy extends elevated privileges to all programs. These privileges are usually reserved for programs that have been assigned
to the user (offered on the desktop), assigned to the computer (installed automatically), or made available in Add/Remove Programs
in Control Panel. This policy lets users install programs which require access to directories that the user might not have permission to
view or change, including directories on highly restricted computers.
Skilled users can take advantage of the permissions this entry grants to change their permissions and gain permanent access to
restricted files and folders. Note that the User Configuration version of this entry is not guaranteed to be secure.
This policy can be implemented at Computer Configuration\Administrati
Installer or User Configuration\Administrati
When enabled, Windows Installer defaults to using System privileges for the effected users' or computers' install.
When I enabled the policy in Computer Configuration, it did an Add Value name AlwaysInstallElevated, as a
REG_DWORD data type, and set the data value to 1, at the following keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
HKEY_USERS\<SID>\Software\
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I hope this helps !