Some additional information that I sent to Ehren that others might found useful:
Bah, I dislike following-up to my own messages, but I should have
added that it exists for XP explicitly. Also, the direct path to the
registry key controlling this setting:
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Providers\LanMan Print
Services\servers\addprintdrivers
Set it to 0.
dpk
On 7/26/07, Dennis Kelly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This setting can exist for a local or group policy.
>
> Under Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings
> -> Local Policies -> Security Options
>
> Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers
>
> Should be set to disabled.
>
> dpk
>
>
> On 7/26/07, Ehren Benson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hey NAG-
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a sticky problem that is eluding me causing grief. In one of our
> > labs I this command to connect a network printer and make it available to
> > all users of the computer:
> >
> >
> >
> > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\server\%printername%
> >
> >
> >
> > The command seems to have worked because when I connect with any user that
> > has admin rights the printer shows up and works just fine. However when I
> > log in with the normal account that would be used on the computer which is
> > just a normal user account the printer does NOT show up.
> >
> >
> >
> > Also when I browse for the printer and right click on it and click connect
> > to connect it manually I get the following error:
> >
> >
> >
> > "You do not have sufficient access to your computer to connect to the
> > selected printer".
> >
> >
> >
> > When I add this user to the local administrators group and log off and log
> > in, as I said the printer shows up and works. Then if I remove them from
> > the local administrators group and log off and log back on it does not and
> > will not even let me manually connect to it.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am assuming that the error is why the printer is not showing up. Does
> > anyone have any ideas what I can do to give that user sufficient access to
> > the computer to connect to the printer?
> >
> >
> >
> > With 2003 that error is easy to fix as you just add that user that is
> > enabled on the "enable users to install printer drivers", but in XP there
> > is no such local policy (that I can find) Client OS is XP Pro SP2. Has
> > anyone else ran into this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ehren J. Benson, MCSE
> >
> > Windows Systems Administrator
> >
> > Department of Physics and Astronomy
> >
> > Michigan State University
> >
> > 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci
> >
> >
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > 517-355-9200 x2569
> >
> >
>
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