Printer gets added automatically

[JohnB]

I've never seen this before.
I recently started working for this company... whenever I setup a new PC, it
automatically gets a printer added, that is shared out from a particular PC
on the network.
It shows up as; Auto Forms on Computername. Every computer in the company
has that printer.
"forms" is the share name on the PC, which is running XP Home.

How could this be happening automatically?

I know how to do this from AD with a login script. But this company uses
Terminal Server and RDP exclusively, none of the computers are joined to the
Domain... so it can't be coming from a login script.

TIA

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

this is a feature of the explorer process. You should also be connecting to
shared folders when this feature is enabled.


How To Disable Automatic Search for Network Printers and Folders in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320138/en-us


--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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I've never seen this before.
I recently started working for this company... whenever I setup a new PC,
it
automatically gets a printer added, that is shared out from a particular
PC
on the network.
It shows up as; Auto Forms on Computername. Every computer in the
company
has that printer.
"forms" is the share name on the PC, which is running XP Home.

How could this be happening automatically?

I know how to do this from AD with a login script. But this company uses
Terminal Server and RDP exclusively, none of the computers are joined to
the
Domain... so it can't be coming from a login script.

TIA

 

[JohnB]

Learn something new everyday. I had never seen that before.
Thanks.

this is a feature of the explorer process. You should also be connecting
to shared folders when this feature is enabled.


How To Disable Automatic Search for Network Printers and Folders in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320138/en-us


--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

[Forwarded to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax newsgroup via
crosspost.]

I've never seen this before.
I recently started working for this company... whenever I setup a new
PC, it
automatically gets a printer added, that is shared out from a particular
PC
on the network.
It shows up as; Auto Forms on Computername. Every computer in the
company
has that printer.
"forms" is the share name on the PC, which is running XP Home.

How could this be happening automatically?

I know how to do this from AD with a login script. But this company
uses
Terminal Server and RDP exclusively, none of the computers are joined to
the
Domain... so it can't be coming from a login script.

TIA