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Terminal Services - User Adding Printer?

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I have a Terminal Services user that i need to allow to be able to install printers.   As it stands now whenever she needs to add a printer it says she does not have access then i have to connect as the admin and do it.  How do i give a user full access to add printers when connected to the Terminal services server and logged into her desktop?

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DowntownIT

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The user needs to be in the terminal servers local power users security group.
willettmeister

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If the printer is installed on here local system then it should be redirected to her terminal services session by default.  

You have to grant the load/unload device drivers right to the user to allow them to load a printer and that creates a security hole and therefore is not recommended.
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Ok, i added the user to both and i asked her to try again.  If its a security issue then how are users supposed to install printers?   The Terminal server is a 64 bit server so by default all printers need to be installed specially since the server needs special drivers.
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willettmeister

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BTW to load the drivers just setup a dummy printer on the server with the same type of drivers that your user needs.  
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How do i set up the dummy printer, its asking for the location of the printer, what should i put in since its not connected?
willettmeister

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lpt1 is what I usually use.  

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