Install printer for all users on XP

[Dellboy]

Hi, I have Windows 2003 AD and Windows XP Pro PCs. I want to set some PCs to
install and use a specific network printer for every user that logs on to
that PC. I did this several years ago on a PC and remember using the
registry. Time has moved on and maybe it's via GP or login script now. Can
anyone offer detailed advice on how to do it. It is a small group of PCs (not
every one) on the domain that need this facility and the printer is a
networked printer, sitting on one of the servers.

Thanks

Dellboy

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

the least complex is the solution included in Win2k and later OS, rundll32
printui interfaces.

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm


If you have updated the domain schema in the past year you can also use
Deployed Printer Connections

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722179.aspx


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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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