[gptalk] Re: GP Preferences / Vista / Printers / UAC
- From: "Martin Hugo" <Martin_Hugo@xxxxxxxx>
- To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:46:07 -0400
You did push out the client piece to all workstations that is required to
deploy network printers via Gp Pol, right?
Martin T. Hugo
Network Administrator
Hilliard City Schools
Tel: 614-921-7102
Martin_Hugo@xxxxxxxx
gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>Hi All,
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>For our Vista clients, we have UAC turned off, and users have all
>necessary rights to install printer drivers from our print server. Users
>can add printers without any problems either via directly accessing the
>UNC share, browsing the server, or using the windows printer management
>web page. Login scripts (vbscript) also will install the printer without
>any trouble.
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>However, if we use GP Preferences to install certain printers at login,
>the machine will hang up (seemingly indefinitely) while ?applying group
>policy printer settings.? I?m guessing UAC is looking for the OK to
>install the driver and obviously can?t get a response from the user. If
>the driver is already on the machine, the printer connection will get
>created as it should, without any delay.
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>If the printer driver were not Vista compatible, users should not be able
>to install it under any circumstances. Likewise, if UAC settings are
>wrong, it should balk when attempting to install the driver regardless of
>the method. Not sure why this would happen.
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>Any thoughts or ideas are appreciated.
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>Thanks,
>James
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