disable changing the default printer

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I have aboout 190 workstations that I need to lock down the changing of the
default printer. I am willing to create an adm file but don't know where to
start. I tried to find the reg entry for default printers but was
unsuccussful.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Bill

 

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Thank you anyway But I found the answer via another route unless someone has
a better way to do this.

I will need to set the permissions on the key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows to
not allow domain users to make any changes. The only problem is that locks me
out also, I am not part of the domain users group but it seems to lock me out
anyway.




"Bill Farinella" wrote:

> I have aboout 190 workstations that I need to lock down the changing of the
> default printer. I am willing to create an adm file but don't know where to
> start. I tried to find the reg entry for default printers but was
> unsuccussful.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> Bill

 

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"Bill Farinella" wrote:
> I have aboout 190 workstations that I need to lock down the
> changing of the
> default printer. I am willing to create an adm file but don't
> know where to
> start. I tried to find the reg entry for default printers but
> was
> unsuccussful.
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> Bill

Hi,

I have a logon and startup script that sets the default printer on
logon. I am not sure why you want users to be prevented from changing
it. Is it because they mistakenly print to the wrong printer? I use a
batch file to set the default printer. However, the Printer must be
added first.

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /q /n "\\Server\Printer"


By typing rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /? at the command line it
shows you all types of available options for this.

Cheers,

Lara

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Lara,

Good. I have recently started working in an educational environment and a
colleague of mine found a really nice utility that will allow you to add a
printer to the computer - and you can do it remotely! Meaning, I can sit at
ComputerA and run the command from a DOS prompt to add a printer to each and
every computer in the lab ( all 30 of them.... ). And, it does not matter
who is logged on. It is added to the 'computer' - to be very
non-technical....

The only thing is that it - AFAIK - set a default printer. This is where
your command comes in handy! Thank you for sharing this ( I mean, I knew
about it....but I am sure that a lot of people do not ).

Can I send you an e-mail to 'discuss' a few things since I am new to
educational environments and do not want to make any stupid mistakes? We
are going to be rebuilding their entire environment over the summer. It is
really a mess right now!

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24014
Microsoft Active Directory MVP

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com



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> "Bill Farinella" wrote:
> > I have aboout 190 workstations that I need to lock down the
> > changing of the
> > default printer. I am willing to create an adm file but don't
> > know where to
> > start. I tried to find the reg entry for default printers but
> > was
> > unsuccussful.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any help.
> >
> > Bill
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a logon and startup script that sets the default printer on
> logon. I am not sure why you want users to be prevented from changing
> it. Is it because they mistakenly print to the wrong printer? I use a
> batch file to set the default printer. However, the Printer must be
> added first.
>
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /q /n "\\Server\Printer"
>
>
> By typing rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /? at the command line it
> shows you all types of available options for this.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lara
>
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