Hello,

I have the following batch that I run on my network to add printers
globally, since my users can't seem to grasp the concept of connecting to
the printers on their own.

@Echo off
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /c\\%1 /n\\%2
start /wait sc \\%1 stop spooler
start /wait sc \\%1 start spooler

The batch name is addgprinter.cmd and is in the system32 dir. Usage:
c:\>addgprinter destcomp printserv\printershare

It works fine on XP machines, but when I run it on 2000 machines, it will
stop the spooler, but will not start it. I have to manually start it. Can
anyone help me?

Thanks,

Daniel

In microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin Daniel wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have the following batch that I run on my network to add
> printers globally, since my users can't seem to grasp the concept
> of connecting to the printers on their own.
>
> @Echo off
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /c\\%1 /n\\%2
> start /wait sc \\%1 stop spooler
> start /wait sc \\%1 start spooler
>
> The batch name is addgprinter.cmd and is in the system32 dir.
> Usage: c:\>addgprinter destcomp printserv\printershare
>
> It works fine on XP machines, but when I run it on 2000 machines,
> it will stop the spooler, but will not start it. I have to
> manually start it. Can anyone help me?

Just a suggestion. YMMV
...
start /wait sc \\%1 stop spooler
ping.exe -n 11 127.0.0.1 >nul
start /wait sc \\%1 start spooler

Please say if that helps.

Try 'call start /wait sc \\%1 stop spooler'.

Ed

In article <#(E-Mail Removed)>, "Daniel"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have the following batch that I run on my network to add printers
>globally, since my users can't seem to grasp the concept of connecting to
>the printers on their own.
>
>@Echo off
>rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /c\\%1 /n\\%2
>start /wait sc \\%1 stop spooler
>start /wait sc \\%1 start spooler
>
>The batch name is addgprinter.cmd and is in the system32 dir. Usage:
>c:\>addgprinter destcomp printserv\printershare
>
>It works fine on XP machines, but when I run it on 2000 machines, it will
>stop the spooler, but will not start it. I have to manually start it. Can
>anyone help me?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Daniel
>
>