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Not sure if this would help you or not, I would map the network printers through a script that runs when they would login to my AD. We were only using XP so I can't confirm that this works with Windows 2000 workstations as I know the WSCRIPT is newer with XP. -t PS: Of course you need to change the extension to .vbs to run it 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 > > -- Troy D Murray Blog: http://troymurray.blogspot.com/ AIM: troymurray72 Skype: troy.murray