[THIN] Re: OT: Updating printers on Windows XP PCs
- From: Warren Simondson <caditc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:27:14 +1100
Hi Hector
If you kept the sae share names for the printers and it's only the print server
name you need to
change for all clients, use PRTSRVCHG free from Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy. It
can easily
change what you want. Download it from here:
http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au/CAD_TSUtils.htm
Usage:
PRTSRVCHG Old_Servername New_Servername [/?]
Old_Servername - Old name of Print Server.
New_Servername - New name of Print Server
/? - show this help file
E.G. PRTSRVCHG Server1 Server2This command will remap any printer within a
client session
that currently
points to Server1 (e.g. \\Server1\Dept_PRN1) to
Server2 (e.g. \\Server2\Dept_PRN1).
PRTSRVCHG is a command-line utility to assist the ease of remapping
network printer paths for individual clients after a print server has
been migrated to a new server, with a new name. When an administrator
uses the PRINTMIG utility to move printer shares from one server to
another server with a new name, and printer shares are retained, the
hardest task is to search the individual users list of connected
printers, and remap all printers to the new server. PRTSRVCHG makes
this process easier by automatically replacing the old server name with
the new one when the utility is run within a user session.
This utility was written to replace the command CHGPRINT.EXE formerly
found in the MS Windows Resource Kit. This utility does not require a
text file to translate printer paths, instead, it simply replaces the
old servername with the new servername in the appropriate registry entries.
This tool could be simply run from the command line at any time in a user
session, or added into a logon script.
--
Warren Simondson
Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy Pty Ltd
Website: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au
On Fri, Oct 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 PM, "Minero, Hector B CIV NSWCDD, K55"
<hector.minero@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all, this is a little OT, but here it goes:
>
> Our Print Server died and we've built a new one. Other than asking
> the
> users to delete the old printers and add the new ones. Is there an
> easy
> way to do this automatically?
> I'm sort of familiar with Printer deployment with GPO's, but have
> not
> done it. But even if I manage to do it through AD, how can I delete
> the
> old printers? Is it a matter of just deleting registry entries?
>
> Could I just rename the new server with the old server name and be
> done
> with it? I'm not sure because it'll be a new SID, etc.
>
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> _______________________________
> Hector Minero
>
>
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