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Default printer is not saved between logons

We have a customer who have problems with default printers not being saved between logons.
Instead a software printer, "Send to Microsoft OneNote 2010" is set as default printer at every single logon. The software printer is installed at both the RDS servers.

The printers which the user selects as a default printer in the TS session are network printers resided on a Windows Server 2008 R2. The printers are _not_ redirected printers from the client.

We have tried to set a default printer using GPO User Preferences, using the Update option. This works as intended only if the printer is missing in the clients profile. If the printer exists before logon, the default printer will still be the "Send to Microsoft OneNote 2010".

The environment is the following:
The clients are a mix of XP Professional SP3, Windows 7 Enterprise and a few XPE thin clients. All clients are experiencing the problems regardless of client OS.
2 RDS Servers, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, load balanced using RR DNS and a RD Connection broker. Users have a central TS roaming profile. Also redirected folders are used.
1 File/Print server, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. All network printers are installed at this server. Except for the software servers, such as the above mentioned  "Send to Microsoft OneNote 2010", no servers are installed at the RDS servers.
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Hello, try creating a logon script to set the users default printer when they logon. Worked for me :). Details can be found following this link.

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/LogonScript_Printer_Bonus.htm

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Thanks for answering, but using a script instead of the built in functions such as GP Preferences doesn't feel like the way to go.
Sure, if we won't find any other solution to the problem we may use that as a last resort.

Hi,
We have the same situation in a very similar set up (no load balancing however) and are trying to solve it also.  Your print server - did you install the printers using Print Management, and then deploy them via the inbuilt function?  This is what we have done, but think that the printer driver installation might be getting held up at log in and is causing the network printers to load slower than the profile gets loaded - therefore the user's default printer defaults back to the only local printer - a PDF printer.

Do you have any errors in your event logs relating to printers or printer drivers?  Do you have any HP printers?  Don't just look in the Windows Event logs - we found a bunch of driver errors in a custom log.
Error was resolved by emptying a number of registry keys under HKCU
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Accepted answer: 0 points for DKkonsult's comment http:/Q_27303035.html#37372551

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Resolved this issue on my own...
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Please remove the comment #37372551  and use comment #37372591 as the solution.
This was the final script used to resolve the issues.