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First, edit your GPO or set up a new one.<br />
Go to User Configuration\Policies\Adm<wbr />inistrativ<wbr />e Templates\Control Panel.<br />
Double-click Hide specified control panel items in the right pane, select Enable, click Show button, and type Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinte<wbr />rs.
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First, edit your GPO or set up a new one.
Go to User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Control Panel.
Double-click Hide specified control panel items in the right pane, select Enable, click Show button, and type Microsoft.DevicesAndPrinters.

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But I need Printers, just not the Hardware tab in the pritner and hardware settings.
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But I need Printers, just not the Hardware tab in the pritner and hardware settings.

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How to remove devices from &quot;Printers and Devices&quot; on RDP sessions using GPO?<br />
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This is on 2012 R2 server
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How to remove devices from "Printers and Devices" on RDP sessions using GPO?

This is on 2012 R2 server

Remove Devices from Printers and Devices GPO (RDP)

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.