UAC and Printing

[Knihtisk]

So long as UAC is disabled, I can print to my ethernet connected network
printa from Vista Ultimate. However, if UAC is enabled, I can no longer print
and no Permission dialog comes up. I need to use my printer from several
applications. Is it possible to leave UAC enabled AND print?

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

Yes. This is the default configuration and it works in most cases. I know
Konica Minolta has some drivers that write to the system temp directory
instead of the user temp directory so the work around is to disable UAC
until the new driver is ready. Other vendor may have the same security
requirements. I remember HP had a laptop configuration that locked out some
directories that prevented printing but I don't recall the laptop model.



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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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[Knihtisk]

Thank you for your help. I contacted Konica Minolta and received advice on
fixing the problem [see
http://onlinehelp.kmprinters.com/CPDocs/q0108004.htm]. They advised me to
change the security for my user account on my Windows/Temp directory to
include "write".
I did this, and I now can print with UAC enabled, but it takes three minutes
from the time I click print until the printing starts on my ethernet
connected 2300DL. With UAC disabled, printing starts immediately. Can you
help me solve the 3 minute delay problem?

 

[Alan Morris [MSFT]]

Well I'm glad my wild guess on print models panned out for you.

I have no clue on the delay.

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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Thank you for your help. I contacted Konica Minolta and received advice on
fixing the problem [see
http://onlinehelp.kmprinters.com/CPDocs/q0108004.htm]. They advised me to
change the security for my user account on my Windows/Temp directory to
include "write".
I did this, and I now can print with UAC enabled, but it takes three
minutes
from the time I click print until the printing starts on my ethernet
connected 2300DL. With UAC disabled, printing starts immediately. Can you
help me solve the 3 minute delay problem?

Yes. This is the default configuration and it works in most cases. I
know
Konica Minolta has some drivers that write to the system temp directory
instead of the user temp directory so the work around is to disable UAC
until the new driver is ready. Other vendor may have the same security
requirements. I remember HP had a laptop configuration that locked out
some
directories that prevented printing but I don't recall the laptop model.



--
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.