Removing printers from a profile

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We've got a network system set up where each member has a profile, they can
then log in to any computer on the system with there profile. I've got a user
that wants to get a couple of printer drivers removed to clear up confusion
he has where he keeps printing to the wrong printer.

I wasn't around when the network was set up, so I'm not sure how the
printers are in there. When I log on as the administrator the printers don't
show up; when I log on as the user the printers are there, but the user is
restricted from removing the printers.

I've tried to set the user up as an administrator on the computer, but I'm
not sure if I'm doing it wrong, or that permission is set up somewhere else.
My specialty isn't really in networking administration, so I'm kind of
working my way through things. If any one could help me with where to look to
get rid of some of these printers, or with how to set the user up to do it
from his login; I would greatly appreciate the help. Thank you in advance for
any help offered.
 
I haven't done this yet myself, but if you go to the "Script Center" you
should be able to find scripts that can be used to UNINSTALL or DELETE
printers from a given user upon login of that user. The scripts are VBS
scripts that run via the command prompt.

Using this type of scripting works for XP and Vista and sometimes previous
versions of Windows but not always. If it doesn't work for XP or Vista,
generally an update is missing.
 
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