GP and installed printers

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Ed

Is this possible ? (if yes then how ?)
"Hello,
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to add a printer
through GP so that when a printer is initially added to
all users at the machine, when a new user logs into that
machine it will retain the settings for the printer for
ALL users & not have to be added each time a new user logs
in for the first time?"

Is there anyway to add a printer to all profiles ?

Best regards
Edvert
 
Login as a new user to the pc, setup the profile EXACTLY how you want it
(settings, printers, views, etc.) then for XP (w2k is similar to this also)
RIGHT click my computer>properties>advanced>user profiles settings button>
highlight the users profile that you created with all of the correct
settings and printers>copy to, and then for the path browse to "C:\Documents
and Settings\Default User" hit ok, and then for the "Permitted to Use" add
the group "Everyone" to this, hit ok and now whenever a new users logs on to
the pc, they get the profile that you created with all of the printers and
stuff.

Philip Nunn
 
A few things i forgot. My previous post will only work on the "local pc"
that you configured this on. You can also set a domain wide profile by
copying the profile to "\\<domainController>\NETLOGON\Default user" Also,
you can setup a logon script in the users GPO to create network printers for
users when they logon to a pc. Here is the command.

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\<ServerName>\ShareName

This works on Windows 2000/2003 and XP only.

Philip Nunn
 
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