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Deleting all local printer drivers off Windows XP SP1

 
 
Sabo, Eric
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      14th Apr 2004
I want to delete all local printer drivers off an Windows XP SP1 client.
Can I just stop the spooler service and then delete all files under
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86? What happen we have a printer
queue on a windows 2003 and we change the driver on the server. The
change is not being reflected on the clients.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Bruce Sanderson
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      14th Apr 2004
See http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm

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"Sabo, Eric" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I want to delete all local printer drivers off an Windows XP SP1 client.
> Can I just stop the spooler service and then delete all files under
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86? What happen we have a printer
> queue on a windows 2003 and we change the driver on the server. The
> change is not being reflected on the clients.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> --
> Eric Sabo
> NT Administrator
>
>



 
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Sabo, Eric
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      15th Apr 2004
Bruce,
Thank you very much for the information.


"Bruce Sanderson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> See http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson MVP
>
> It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
> "Sabo, Eric" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I want to delete all local printer drivers off an Windows XP SP1 client.
> > Can I just stop the spooler service and then delete all files under
> > C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86? What happen we have a

printer
> > queue on a windows 2003 and we change the driver on the server. The
> > change is not being reflected on the clients.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Eric Sabo
> > NT Administrator
> >
> >

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