Hi Steve Thanks for the feedback - i was hoping there is another way as i have absolutely no scripts running on my network so i don't know them at all. Is it easy to learn them or are they quite difficult? BTW i just got a phone call from a technician that wants to access the Control Panel as the domain user and cannot. Same story like my previous post. Is my only way out a script? Craig Subject: [gptalk] Re: GP make printing impossibleDate: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:09:18 +0100From: Steve.Rochford@xxxxxxxxxxxx: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx A common technique is to do this with a logon script – the printer is specific to the user so adding it as admin won’t put it there for the next user. Assuming you have a vbscript logon script then adding something like: Set oNetwork=createobject(“wscript.network”) oNetwork.addwindowsprinterconnection “\\server\printershare” oNetwork.setdefaultprinter “\\server\printershare” will do the job – obviously, you need to add the proper server and share name and you’ll need logic to determine those (could be based on user or computer or both) There’s loads of examples in the MS script centre http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx If you’re running 2003 R2 then you can do it with group policies - http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/ab8d75f8-9b35-4e3e-a344-90d7799927231033.mspx?mfr=true has some details. Although it’s in the Vista library it’s nothing to do with Vista at all! Steve From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Craig MeyerSent: 21 September 2007 11:49To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [gptalk] GP make printing impossible Hi all I have a GP that prevent users to add a printer so obviously if i want to install a printer i need to log off and on as the admin. When i do that i can install the printer successfully but when i log back on as the user i cannot see the printer. How do i overcome this BTW , what i then did was to make the user a domain admin and i could install the printer but obviously that is the wrong way. I also do not want to disable the GPO as they delete and change settings in their printer setup. Win xp pro and Win 2003 Server Craig Meyer "He had no servants - yet they called Him Master, no degrees - yet they called Him Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings feared Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited no crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 2day....” Download the latest version of Windows Live Messenger NOW! Click here! _________________________________________________________________ Download the latest version of Windows Live Messenger NOW! http://get.live.com/en-za/messenger/overview