Terminal Server sessions not holding default printer

If XPS Document Writer exists in the printers, it will continue to default back to that at every login/restart.  The only way to stop it is to remove that printer.

There is a bug in 2008 where redirected printer ports aren't removed upon logout and eventually it overflows or assigns bad ports to redirected printers.

Hotfix 2655998 fixes this and there is a FixIt script on the KB article for clearing out those filled registry keys.

You have a terminal server and you have default printer configured on it. You are using it as printer for all users doing RDP to terminal server.
You mentioned that you have connected local printer to all user and its working fine .
Again default printer on Terminal server is reset every morning to keep the setting working .

I am unable to understand the issue correctly .

Please explain what you want to achieve ? What are the issues you are facing ? If you are using any work-around ,then do let us know ?

Above mentioned hotfix KB2655998 is for deleting inactive port which reside in the registry if the session is not logged off properly. So it fix the issue of Inactive port which ultimately fixes the issue of slow performance.

As you mentioned ,you have local printer connected to the workstation and its working fine so you can use a group policy for printer redirection so that client default printer will be used as default printer in the RDP session .

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731963(v=ws.10).aspx

Ok...thanks for all the input.

I will not be able to work on it until Monday so I will reply then.

Thanks
Kevin

Explanation and update:

1)  AdrienneSperber:  XPS Document Writer removed

2)  Rusty & DJ:  More detailed explanation.  

The workstations have their own printer (ie. HP4200) connected to them via USB.

The user logs on to the TS and then wants to print back to their own printer in all programs that they use during the day.

Every morning each user, after logging in to the TS, has to go in to the Devices & Printers and set their own Default Printer.  Even when they logout of the TS for lunch and come back and login to TS again they have to reset the Default Printer.

If the answer to this is too detailed (ie. reg edits etc), is it possible to run a command at login for each different user to make the correct local printer a default?

My boss is driving my crazy over getting this fixed.

Thanks
Kevin

Any thought?

Thanks

Have you Disabled "Do not set default client printer to be  default client printer in a session" in the group policy in the Group Policy Management Console is Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Printer Redirection.

Rusty,

Is that what I want?  To have the local default printer be their default printer in the terminal session?

Thanks
Kevin

Yes , based on the information you have provided it seems so. Let me rephrase the entire situation what i understood :-
Users have a USB printer [HP4200] attached to their local workstation and they are working in RDP session .

The user logs on to the TS and then wants to print back to their own printer in all programs that they use during the day.

So the printer attached locally is the default printer which they want to use on his daily printing activity.

Every morning each user, after logging in to the TS, has to go in to the Devices & Printers and set their own Default Printer.  Even when they logout of the TS for lunch and come back and login to TS again they have to reset the Default Printer.

If you are not using any Group policy it means any configuration your user does after getting into RDP session , have to perform again if he logged out . As the configuration will not remain persistent.
It could be achieved through GPO.

If the answer to this is too detailed (ie. reg edits etc), is it possible to run a command at login for each different user to make the correct local printer a default?

Group policy is the best and easy method .

Rusty,

I currently have:

Do not set default client printer to be default printer in a session  ------ Not Configured

Do not allow client printer redirection  ------  Disabled


I'm thinking the second one might be causing the problem.

Kevin