This video is part of LearnItFirst's Windows Server 2008 Administration course. More information on this video and course is available here:
http://www.learnitfirst.com/Course/233/Windows-2008.aspx?an=YouTube
In this video tutorial we will be taking a look at how to deploy a printer using a group policy with the new Deployed Printers functionality in a Windows Active Directory.
Highlights from this video:
* Disabling current printer scripts
* User Configuration Deployed Printers vs. Computer Configuration Deployed Printers
* When to use which
* Verifying group policy deployment
* Tricky areas in Windows XP for printer deployment
and much more
I spent a long time at work trying to figureout why xp machines was not picking up deployed printers.
I finally worked out the issue was pushprinterconnections.exe. this file resides somewhere in system32 and need to be copied to the start up scripts folder and needs to be ran on logon thats weather it's computer config or user config.
I had a printer deployment setup with pushprinter connection configured for every printer to be deployed to ensure the printers were picked up by xp pc's
RageRioting 8 months ago
It will work in XP. There is a special program Microsoft loaded in Server 2003 to make it work. Its in 2003 group policy. Check Technet. We wrote a custom AutoIt program that maps printers and refreshes them every so often.
macsrule94 9 months ago