I mean connected via USB. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Tom Miller <tmil...@hnncsb.org> wrote:
> When you write local, do you mean connected via USB or IP? I push printers > to XP via GP, but all printers here - desktop included - are IP based as we > use meter readers. > > >>> James Hill <james.h...@superamart.com.au> 1/30/2011 5:12 PM >>> > > Have you enabled GPP logging? There is a GPO to enable it for printing. > Might be a good place to start. > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, 29 January 2011 1:26 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Group Policy Preferences installing a local printer > > > > I'm having some trouble with this. After some fits and starts it appears > that all of my Windows 7 clients are receiving the local printer I want them > to have, however, when they physically attach the printer, it installs > itself with a new name. It's not a huge deal, but something I was hoping to > avoid. I also had turned on the preference setting allowing users to > install devices of the printer class, so I think that's what's actually > happening when a user plugs in the printer for the first time, and it > appears that this policy is only for Windows 7 (maybe Vista, but that's moot > since we don't have Vista). > > > > My real issue is with Windows XP. No printers are installed. And yes, i > do have the Group Policy extenstions for XP installed on these > workstations. I have been successfully managing the local administrators > group and user, and even went so far as to verify that the settings were > intact on the XP machines. Is installing local printers only applicable to > Vista and Windows 7? > > > > Any ideas, hints, guides? GoogleFu got me this far, but I haven't been > able to find definitive answers to my XP question. > > > > Thanks, > > Jonathan > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
