[windows2000] Re: SOLVED Printer setup not keeping settings in TS session
- From: Scott Wilding <ssw-mailinglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:15:08 GMT
Well, I'm not surprised no-one had any ideas on this one. All sorted
out now.
In the spirit of the list, I'll tell you how I solved it.
Like a dim-wit I had upgraded all my W2K member servers to SP3, but had
forgotten to do the DC which was on SP2! Doh.
As soon as I upgraded the DC to be the same version as the Terminal
Servers showing the problem (i.e. they were then all using SP3) it all
worked fine.
Sometimes you look for a big solution and find you've missed the obvious!
This really should have been on the Thin list I guess, sorry.
Scott.
>
> I have used terminal services in an NT4 environment for quite a while,
> but this year started a whole new Windows 2000 network and am starting
> to move my staff over to it.
>
> I have noticed a have a small printer set up issue, and would appreciate
> any advice people may have.
>
> The Windows 2000 'Domain Controller' runs Active Directory (along with
> DNS, Wins, shared network printers etc etc), with my applications
> delivered by Windows 2000 member terminal servers.
>
> When login to the terminal servers and setup a printer as one of my
> normal terminal server users, (using Add Printer, and pointing to the
> printer that is set up and shared on the DC) I frequently find that when
> I set things like paper size (e.g. A4, instead of the default of Letter)
> this setting is *not* kept.
>
> i.e. I set it and select Apply or Ok, then exit the window, then go back
> into the window and check it, and the setting has not stayed set to A4.
>
> I have tried numerous ways of setting it, including in the Properties,
> Printing
> Preferences and also Device Settings of the printer on the Domain
> Controller, followed by setting it again for the individual user after I
> have logged into the terminal server and added the printer.
>
> 1) Does anyone have any pointers on where I can look for the cause?
>
> 2) I have been through the Event Viewer, and I can see I haven't quite
> got DNS set up properly because there are errors there about that.
>
> Should I solve those DNS problems first, or is there another place I can
> look for clues about my printer woes?!
>
> Any advice would be gratefully accepted.
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Scott.
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