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2008 Remote Desktop Default Printer

Hi,

I am in the process of upgrading an existing 2003 TS farm to 2008. In 2008 I am using a vbs script to pull the client computer name and use it as a variable to set the default printer on the terminal server. In 2003 this works without issue. The syntax of the command is somewhat like this:

DIM WshNetwork
Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
PrinterPath = "Medway"
WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter PrinterPath

Under 2008 this script will change the default printer provided that the current default printer is not redirected. If the users printer is a redirected printer from the client machine the printer will not redirect. This is a large issue as these machines are accessed in a hybird environment where if my script does not match a known workstaiton name we want to retain the redirected printer.

Has anyone worked around this issue yet?

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Minot

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The situation is a little more dynamic than I would like. We have users who roam between offices and computers. This is why I like the solution which uses the computer name as the basis for the default setting. Additionally, the client side PC's are not domain members in many cases thus I am hesitant so start configuring and maintining settings on these PC's as they are not in our scope day to day.

I will review the printer preference again in GPO but on my last review I did not think that this would solve my issue at this site.

Minot

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Solution worked, thanks.