Printer Logs Print as Administrator, though logged on as another user.

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I have this situation. User XYZ is logged on to computer. When that
person prints, the printer shows the owner of administrator. They have
a print tracking software, it then logs it as administrator also. This
is wrong, the printer should log the print as XYZ.

It is specific to the PC, as XYZ would log on to a different computer,
the printer will log the print as XYZ as well as the print tracking
software perfectly fine.

I tried creating a new profile, no luck same issue. I tried deleting
the printers and re-adding them. No luck. I may had thought it was the
print tracking software, so I uninstalled it and remove its traces
from the registry. No luck.

Operating System is XP Pro sp2.
 
Hi,

I think you should work in a domain. For that you need to have a server as a
DC, and the client machines joined to the domain.

The problem is, you are working in a workgroup.

But if you don't want to have a server, then you can do this:

On the printer server, create a user account for XYZ.

On the client machine, open control panel, open user accounts, click XYZ,
click Manage Passwords, then click add.

For the server, type the computer name of the printer server.

Type the user name in the following format: COMPUTERNAME\xyz
where computername is the name of the client computer.

For the password, enter XYZ's password.

Note that the username and password should be the same in the client machine
and the server machine.

If you have several machines in your network this could become a tedious
process. So I recommend that you use a domain controller in your network.

Hope that helped.

Best Regards,
Shafiee.
 
There is this very useful thing too... the NET USE command.

Here is how I use it.

Suppose I have a computer called PC1, with a shared printer. The PC is in a
workgroup.

Now I create a user account for a user abc, and give him a password def.

Then I create a batch file with the following line:

NET USE PC1\ipc$ /user:PC1\abc def

and use that file in the logon script (in the case of Windows XP
professional), or in the Startup (in the case of home edition).

This helps me in network connectivitiy issues too. You know, when trying to
access some machines through the network, windows prompts you for your
credentials. This batch file will get rid of that prompt.

You know how to create a batch file right?

Open notepad, and type the line of code, save the file with .bat extension.

This is not at all secure, and can become a security risk if security is
required.

Good luck.
 
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