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Group Policy to Disable Networked Printer Notification Balloon
I'm looking for a policy that will disable the Information Notification balloon that appears when a print job has been successfully submitted.
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You can also disable baloon tips altogether using group policy.
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I've seen policy that allows offline file balloons to be disabled and other balloons howerver I'm looking specifically to disable the printer notification and I would prefer to administer the change through a group policy and not a reg edit. Maybe not possible?
Computer Configuration -> Admin Templates -> Network -> Offline Files -> Turn off Reminder Balloons (set to Enable)
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Can you not turn off notification on the print server for that printer element?
I think if you right click and select Server there is an option to turn off notification there.
I think if you right click and select Server there is an option to turn off notification there.
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I'm beginning to think the only way to accomplish this task is indeed through the registry hack. You can turn notifications off on the print server however the client continues to recieve the message unless the client also has the notification turned off on their machine. Seems easy enough for me to distribute instructions and if a user feels so inclined they can compete the task at will.
I think Server 2003 R2 has this ability with Print Management Console, however that's not much help!!
You could deploy the reg file using your logon script:
reg import {reg file}
Since this is per-profile (as networked printers are) then this is in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key.
You could deploy the reg file using your logon script:
reg import {reg file}
Since this is per-profile (as networked printers are) then this is in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key.
I found this solution on the net and it worked for me, and it doesn't require anything difficult. This could be tiresome if you have hundreds of computers, but it is so easy, you could just send out the directions.... Anyway, for what it is worth...
open up "Printers and Faxes" in the control panel.
Click on File, and then "Server Properties"
Once this is open, click over to the advanced tab.
Uncheck the "Show Informational Notifications For Local Printers"
And Uncheck the " Show Informational Notifications For Network Printers"
That should do it. Hope this helps!
open up "Printers and Faxes" in the control panel.
Click on File, and then "Server Properties"
Once this is open, click over to the advanced tab.
Uncheck the "Show Informational Notifications For Local Printers"
And Uncheck the " Show Informational Notifications For Network Printers"
That should do it. Hope this helps!