default printer for local system account

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is there some what to change/modify the default printer that the local system
account uses to print jobs ? on a WinXP machine there are several batch jobs
that (only) run under the local system account, but for some reason the print
output for these jobs do not go to the current user's default printer but
rather try to print out to the adobe pdf printer ( which was the only printer
installed when the machine was received ). is there some way to edit or
modify this to send these jobs out to the windows xp/user default printer (
located on the LAN ) ? tia ...
 
Log on to the computer as the local adminstrator. I bet the pdf printer is
set as the default printer. Change the default to the user's default
printer.

psg
 
examine the following:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Device

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Printers
DeviceOld

and compare to user's:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Device

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers
DeviceOld

(you may want to load desired user's hive first)
 
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