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Installing a printer 2003 server updates all print drivers

I have a windows 2003 sp2 domain controller that we also use as a print server. there is about 20 printers, Ricoh, HP, Lanier. I installed a new printer, and clients on the network were prompted on Windows 7 to install the driver for all or most of the other printers that I didn't touch at all. The windows xp machines also seemed to install the driver over again, but there was no prompt. I found articles that point to disabling the prompt for driver install, but what I need to know is:

Why do clients get prompted to reinstall the same driver from printers that I didn't touch, after installing a new printer on the server. I haven't seen this before in the past. Thanks
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its probably  due to windows 7 you need to isolate the issue whether it happens on win 7 or xp then work on the solution
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On XP, the user isn't prompted, but the load on the machine and delay in printing indicates the driver is updating on xp also.
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Arnold. no GPO was used to deploy printers. I can understand that drivers or dll's were updated on the printers prompting users for installation of the new drivers thanks. The unpublish replublish is confusing a bit. I installed the printers on each machine by using \\server\printersharename on each machine. The XP machines aren't much of an issue, but I have windows 2003 servers in AD functionality 2000 and believe windows 7 GPO setting to remove the administrator login requirement isn't available. Any work around for the windows 7 machines so I don't have to sign in as the domain admin on each windows 7 machine so the driver can install?
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Hi,
Is your Windows Server correctly updated? is not, try to apply the updates on your server.
He is applying the updates on the server which is why there is a driver mismatch and the user is prompted to update the printer drivers.

i.e. printera has driver4.3
The shared printera is added to workstation7 with driver4.3
printera's driver has been upgraded on the sever to driver4.5
When user on workstation7 tries to print to printera, there is a driver mismatch between the locally installed driver4.3 and the driver4.5 that is presented by the shared printer.

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