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Printer driver problem after upgrade to W2000

I've had to download and install a W2000 upgrade to the driver for my Epson Stylus Colour 860, but it only seems to work for me as administrator.  How do I get it to work for all my users?  They can't install it themselves as they don't have sufficient rights.
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I haven't tried this yet because I'm at work, but the problem isn't that the users can't access the printer, they just get garbage out of it because the driver upgrade doesn't seem to have taken effect for them - only for me as administrator/installer.
Is the driver upgrade a completely new driver (the old driver doesn't need to be loaded first)? If you did get a new driver, completely remove your printer and re-install it using the new driver.
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hi,
it is security problem, you have to be good to follow these steps:
search for the printer driver files (dll's), then add everyone to the security tab for these files(Full control).

Ed,

Regardless whether or not you have a domain setup, you may be able to allow all users to install the printer upon logon.

The following article may help. At the very end Microsoft explains how to use the same setup if not on a domain environment.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;158398

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Thanks to all.  I think I will have to give the necessary permissions for the users to install the new printer driver and then remove them again, as suggested by tgtcat69.  This seems extremely clunky and unsatisfactory to me, but the alternative of setting up new policies etc is way OTT for a stand-alone domestic setup.

I'll come back and accept once I've got it working.

Ed
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