Group Policy and printer rights

[Guest]

I have recently locked my users down by removing them from the local "administrators" group and putting them into the local "users" group. I have also enabled some Group Policies to further restrict and customize the user environment on Win2k Pro workstations. The problem I have is users cannot add printers to their workstations. They get an error stating that they do not have sufficient rights on the machine. I have looked all through the Group Policies and everything for printers is pointing to allowing them to add printers and I have also enabled the ability to delete them as well. Any ideas on what I am missing?

 

[Matjaz Ladava [MVP]]

You are thinking of installing printers or connecting network printers. One
requires rights to update registry and install drivers. This right is only
for power users (not 100% sure) and administrators. Normal users should be
able to connect printers over the network.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSA, MCSE, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

I've come to this problem myself once. Rather than giving
the users simply "user rights" give them the "power user"
rights, and this will correct the problem. I also found
that if you try to install the printer under a user who
has seperate permissions, it still wont allow the users
with basic rights use this printer.

-----Original Message-----
I have recently locked my users down by removing them

from the local "administrators" group and putting them
into the local "users" group. I have also enabled some
Group Policies to further restrict and customize the user
environment on Win2k Pro workstations. The problem I have
is users cannot add printers to their workstations. They
get an error stating that they do not have sufficient
rights on the machine. I have looked all through the
Group Policies and everything for printers is pointing to
allowing them to add printers and I have also enabled the
ability to delete them as well. Any ideas on what I am
missing?