Deploying printer server 2008 Xp clients event viewer error : could not execute the following script PushPrinterConnections.exe

On Server 2008 I have used the x86 binary......my server is 2008 x64 and clients are xp x86

Hello sarangi_master,

Try to run the tools (PushPrinterConnections.exe) locall on an xp machine to see if you've the file.
If not the case, you may use a network path and path to the tools for the xp machine : \\server\share\path\to\PushPrinterConnections.exe

Regards.

It seems to run ok locally......dont understand "you may use a network path and path to the tools for the xp machine : \\server\share\path\to\PushPrinterConnections.exe"  ?

Will this automatically run the script everytime a user logs on  ???

Is there any other way to push the printers to the clients like using scripts ?

thanks

Have a look to this recent thread : https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/25020101/Installing-network-printer-for-standard-user-via-logon-script.html

Do you have any idea how to save a script e.g copy paste into notepad and then save as what extension ?

Then how do i right click log on script go to add browse to log on and save the script in there?

please advise further ?

thanks

I ended up reinstalling server and push printers then worked....strange...

Thanks for the points!

Need the 32 bit version of pushprinterconnections.exe for a 64 bit  server?
 
 I realize this is a closed question but after we had so much trouble  finding this I decided to post here with information on where to  download the pushprinterconnections.exe 32bit file.

Here's a link  to the page you'll need to go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9bfb44f5-232a-4fb5-bc14-45bfd81b7ac1&displaylang=en

On  that page, you'll need to download this file:
pmcmgmt.exe

You'll  need to run this self-extracting file on a 32 bit machine (such as an  XP box or 2003 box) and then do a file search for  pushprinterconnections.exe. This is the file you need to use on Server  2008 64 bit to push printer connections out to 32 bit clients.

Thanks a lot @HKComputer.

Kind Regards

Hey gang. I recognize that this is a closed question as well, but after reading the prior posts, it occurred to me that if you need the 32-bit version, go to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PushPrinterConnections.exe on the print server. Duh!

Copying C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PushPrinterConnections.exe (32-bit version) into the startup/logon script folder solved all of my printer deployment problems with XP.

Follow-up to my prior post; this is what got me on the 32-bit path for resolution. From the Application Event Log:

Event Type:      Error
Event Source:      UserInit
Event Category:      None
Event ID:      1000
Date:            12/25/2011
Time:            2:07:33 PM
User:            N/A
Computer:      <hostname>
Description:
Could not execute the following script PushPrinterConnections.exe. .

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Naturally, the link to Microsoft returned nothing useful.
Details
ID: 1000                                              
Source: UserInit                                              
   
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I was thinking, "why would this PushPrinterConnections.exe. . fail to execute on an XP machine." And then, BAM; I read this post. A 64-bit print server, trying to deploy printers to 32-bit clients. Even though I had both 32- and 64-bit print drivers installed, the deployment mechanism was 64-bit. Thank you all for the inspiration.