I'm using GPP and security groups on Win 7 with no issues. Gotchas when it was implemented:-
- Turning on the policies already mentioned to allow point and print to work correctly without prompting etc. - Suitable drivers available on the print server - Installation of this hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976399/en-au James. -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:swimbe...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, 18 September 2010 4:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Deploying Printers via GPO Bonnie, I think you're right, going from memory I think the problem I came to was the fact that we still have Windows 2003 print server with no plans to upgrade it in the near future. Some of the links I had for this project are below. I was hoping one of these would solve my problem, but what I am seeing is that when a new user logs into a Windows 7 computer the GPP printers just don't show up. Although in every case if an admin were to install them prior to the user login the when the user logs in they do show up immediately. There is no error in the log file, and no error to the screen. GPResult shows that the GPP had applied successfully. Since the problem only affects new users to new machines and is quickly solved by an admin login it's been difficult to really trace. I'm just holding off on Windows 7 in departments where I push printers. Not the best solution but we are understaffed! ;) http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-vista/22950-solution-mapping-printers-logon-scripts-vista-7-without-uac-interupting.html#post223322 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprosecurity/thread/adebbc69-4623-4a96-a84a-d4c324e326c0 http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/09/19/installing-windows-vista-print-drivers-on-windows-server-2003.aspx On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Miller Bonnie L. <mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu> wrote: > And to possibly answer my own post, I did a quick google and am mostly seeing > stuff about driver compatibility being the problem. For example, adding Win7 > boxen when your print server is still WS03, then it can't load drivers so the > GPP appears to not work. > > We just <painfully> completed our print server migration to 2008 R2 last > spring, and have both XP and 7 machines loading drivers from there, both x86 > and x64. I only have one application that is still having a major issue, > which is Filemaker Pro combined with <latest> the HP universal drivers. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 9:38 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Deploying Printers via GPO > > If you come up with the article, please post. This could be a huge problem > for us implementing W7 for student labs. Don't think we've tried it yet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:swimbe...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 8:45 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Deploying Printers via GPO > > I moved all our network printers to GPP with security groups as > described above and love it! although now that we have started to > deploy Windows 7 I find that it doesn't work on Windows 7. I don't > have the article handy that explains why, but a word of caution to > test your newly created GPP on some Windows 7 boxes before you go hog > wild! > > > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Miller Bonnie L. > <mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu> wrote: >> Interesting-I don't think I've heard of any hangs like that, but I >> will go check that setting as we don't have a widespread deployment >> yet (but it's coming soon!). Thanks! >> >> >> >> -B >> >> >> >> From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] >> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 5:40 AM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Deploying Printers via GPO >> >> >> >> it's in User Configuration | Admin Templates | Control Panel | >> Printers | Point and Print Restrictions | Security Prompts >> >> On 17 September 2010 08:01, James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> It's the GPO that allows Vista and above to automatically install the >> drivers when they are not present. Otherwise it hangs at the GPO >> application. >> >> I've just changed jobs so can't dig out the exact GPO setting, sorry! >> >> >> >> On 16 September 2010 16:01, Miller Bonnie L. >> <mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu> >> wrote: >> >> +1, works well for us here too, but we target the computer ou + the >> +user >> group in combo. James-can you clarify what you mean on the Point and >> print restrictions? I don't think we have that set and I'm wondering >> what the issue is/was. >> >> >> >> For XP machines, make sure you have the latest GPP preferences update >> applied for this all to work. >> >> >> >> From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 2:15 AM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> >> Subject: Re: Deploying Printers via GPO >> >> >> >> Use loopback policy processing on your computers OU, deploy the Group >> Policy Preferences printers list as a user config applied to the >> computers OU, set the default printer through that, and target it to the >> required users. >> >> Make sure you set the GPO with the point-and-print restrictions as >> well, so it doesn't hang when popping up the box to install the >> driver if there isn't a suitable one installed. >> >> On 15 September 2010 18:02, Kelsey, John <jckel...@drmc.org> wrote: >> >> Good afternoon all, >> >> Currently in a 08 domain with all XP workstations SP3 >> and GPO extensions installed. I need to deploy printers based on the >> machine and not the user. I see I can deploy printers to computers >> through a GPO, BUT you can't set the default printer that way. It >> looks like I can deploy the printers to the user, then use >> 'item-level targeting' so it applies only when users logon to >> computers in certain OU's. Is there a better way to skin this cat? >> >> >> >> Should I make a printer policy per OU, or make 1 global one with all >> the printers and assign them with the item-level targeting? >> >> >> >> Thanks all!! >> >> >> >> ************************************* >> John C. 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