Printer installation rights

[Guest]

Is there a way to let local users of a computer have printer driver
installation rights without making them a member of the admin group?

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Northstar Ambulance" <[email protected]>

| Is there a way to let local users of a computer have printer driver
| installation rights without making them a member of the admin group?

Have you tried putting them in the "Power Users" group ?

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

See Bruce Sanderson's article at
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
if you are talking about a networked printer.

If you are talking about a local printer..
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297780

 

[Guest]

Yes, I have tried that. I also changed the local policy to allow the Power
Users to install or remove device drivers and that also didn't work. With XP
Pro on the local computer I can not find a Printer Admin group either.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the links. I have tried adding the Power user group to the load
and unload driver privelege, but this still will not let a power user install
a printer. The printer I am trying to install is hooked up by a USB cable. Do
you think that might have anything to do with not being able to install the
printer, or would the load/unload device privelege work here as well?

Any more help wouold be great.

Tony