Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
add printer to all users profile
Name: chase817 Date: August 24, 2007 at 09:48:33 Pacific OS: XP SP2 CPU/Ram: 1 GB Product: Dell Optiplex 745
Comment:
I work in a school district where several different users log onto several different computers. When a new user logs in, I have to manually add a printer, since there are no printers set up by default. Can I add a printer to the "all users" profile, so that when any new user logs in it automatically has a particular printer, so I don't have to manually do it?
Summary: You need to add it via a TCP/IP port and not via the PC it's shared from. If you add via TCP/IP it will regard it as if it directly connected like a LPT1: printer. Therefore it'll be available to al...
Summary: Placing the script in a logon batch file or the startup folder does work, but I was hoping to avoid logon scripts. Just one more thing that breaks. There really is NO way to install a network printer...
Summary: In Windows XP Pro, when I install a printer under the administrator profile on the local machine, it does not carry over to all the profiles on the machine. When another users logs in, I have to set ...
