Hello All,

I just wanted to see if someone knows a way that you can detect if a
user has a local attached printer remotely (whether it be USB or
Serial or LPT) almost like bringing their Printers and Faxes screen to
a remote PC.

Thanks,

cmschube

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> I just wanted to see if someone knows a way that you can detect if a
> user has a local attached printer remotely (whether it be USB or
> Serial or LPT) almost like bringing their Printers and Faxes screen to
> a remote PC.
>

WMI can be used to grab info about the port being used. In the
following script, replace "." with the computername in question.

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk...mi_printer.htm

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/klaus

If the printers are shared, one can open the printers folder remotely

Start / Run
\\remotemachinename

double click Printers Folder

if you have admin access you can change settings at this time.

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Klaus Jorgensen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> (E-Mail Removed) wrote :
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>> I just wanted to see if someone knows a way that you can detect if a
>> user has a local attached printer remotely (whether it be USB or
>> Serial or LPT) almost like bringing their Printers and Faxes screen to
>> a remote PC.
>>
>
> WMI can be used to grab info about the port being used. In the following
> script, replace "." with the computername in question.
>
> http://www.computerperformance.co.uk...mi_printer.htm
>
> --
>
> /klaus
>
>