Allowing Non Admin users to install pinters locally

[Guest]

Hi,

I have 1600 XP Pro Sp 1 laptops that connect to my network wirelessly.
These laptops will be used in and out of school. Students and Staff will
have resources both in school and at home. What I need is a way to allow
them to install a local printer with out granting them Administrative rights.
The problem with creating a Pinter Installer user and giving them Admin
rights is that once they have the Admin rights they can export our encryption
keys for the wireless in plain text. This is a MAJOR Security breach to us!
I have been scouring the web for any suggestions that I might find. Has any
one else already resolved this problem?

Thanks,

Doug

 

[Jim Macklin]

I presume that your school district has provided 1600
students and staff with WiFi enabled laptops and you want
them to be able to install a printer at home, since they can
print at school on the school network printer.

First, update to SP2, staying on SP1 is a security breach.
Clean the computers of spyware, run disk cleanup before
installing SP2.

It appears that your best, perhaps only option would be to
create a short list of supported local printers and a
generic printer and do a network install when the laptops
log-on your network.


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| Hi,
|
| I have 1600 XP Pro Sp 1 laptops that connect to my network
wirelessly.
| These laptops will be used in and out of school. Students
and Staff will
| have resources both in school and at home. What I need is
a way to allow
| them to install a local printer with out granting them
Administrative rights.
| The problem with creating a Pinter Installer user and
giving them Admin
| rights is that once they have the Admin rights they can
export our encryption
| keys for the wireless in plain text. This is a MAJOR
Security breach to us!
| I have been scouring the web for any suggestions that I
might find. Has any
| one else already resolved this problem?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Doug
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| Douglas Schultz
| Grand Rapids Public Schools
| Grand Rapdis, MI