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Installing default network printer for all users
I posted the following to Microsoft Support
Hi I'm having all the difficulty in the world to setup a default network printer on my XP system. The printer is locally installed on a WIN2000 Pro system and is shared as "\printer". From my XP administrator account I am able to install the network printer as well as obtaining "Manage Printer" priviledges on the printer besides being able to print to it after being authenticated with a username and password valid on the 2000 system. As a separate secondary issue I am not able to see the security tab even when I hold the CTRL key and select "properties". Maybe you can explain this one. The username and password supplied during iinstalling of the network printer is that of an adminstrator account on the 2000 system. I expected to be able to manage the printer remotely from this XP account. The primary issues I have however is that I expected to see an instance of this network printer in each of the user accounts on the XP box be it a limited or administrator accounts and granting them the ability to print to this network printer. Instead, it appears as though I need to install the same default network printer in each XP user account manually (i.e using the wizard or otherwise and in each case supplying a username and password of a recognized user on the printer server. I did not expect this. More so, each time a user logs in, the network printer is not recognizable until authentication with the print server takes place. After searching in the KB articles, I came across KB307016 - Cannot Set Up a Default Network Printer for All Windows XP Users article which appears to be exactly my problem however it lists only XP Pro and XP Home is not listed. My question is, does this article equally applies to my XP Home? Would the steps to modify the registry be identical on my XP Home as described in the article? It describes how the default printer is installed in the Cuurent User Key instead of Local Machine key which would grant access to this printer to all users. Has this problem been corrected in the SP2 update as I have not installed it yet. If my problem as described is not the same as the one described in this KB article than what would you suggest I try next? Thanks for your attention to this matter. ************************************* They suggested I enter safe mode and using the security property on the network printer I would allow "everyone" access to this default printer This is what I then replied ************************************ OK With the network printer installed and displayed in the "Printer/Faxes" window in NORMAL mode, when I boot in either SAFE or SAFE + Networking mode I am unable to see the usual icon of the network printer in the Printer/Faxes window. Just by curiosity, if I try to "add a printer" I get the dialog box saying that this operation is not permitted in SAFE mode. What next? I find it kind of strange having to go in SAFE mode just so that I can set the network printer as the default printer for all users accounts. Is this a circumvented way of achieving what is described in the KB article I was refering to earlier i.e. setting the network printer in the Local Machine Key instead of the current user key? Can you explain why I cannot see the security tab for the network printer when requesting it from the admin account that installed it ( in normal mode ) Any other suggestion from this community of users? Thanks Gilles |
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"Gilles" wrote: I posted the following to Microsoft Support Hi I'm having all the difficulty in the world to setup a default network printer on my XP system. The printer is locally installed on a WIN2000 Pro system and is shared as "\printer". From my XP administrator account I am able to install the network printer as well as obtaining "Manage Printer" priviledges on the printer besides being able to print to it after being authenticated with a username and password valid on the 2000 system. As a separate secondary issue I am not able to see the security tab even when I hold the CTRL key and select "properties". Maybe you can explain this one. The username and password supplied during iinstalling of the network printer is that of an adminstrator account on the 2000 system. I expected to be able to manage the printer remotely from this XP account. The primary issues I have however is that I expected to see an instance of this network printer in each of the user accounts on the XP box be it a limited or administrator accounts and granting them the ability to print to this network printer. Instead, it appears as though I need to install the same default network printer in each XP user account manually (i.e using the wizard or otherwise and in each case supplying a username and password of a recognized user on the printer server. I did not expect this. More so, each time a user logs in, the network printer is not recognizable until authentication with the print server takes place. After searching in the KB articles, I came across KB307016 - Cannot Set Up a Default Network Printer for All Windows XP Users article which appears to be exactly my problem however it lists only XP Pro and XP Home is not listed. My question is, does this article equally applies to my XP Home? Would the steps to modify the registry be identical on my XP Home as described in the article? It describes how the default printer is installed in the Cuurent User Key instead of Local Machine key which would grant access to this printer to all users. Has this problem been corrected in the SP2 update as I have not installed it yet. If my problem as described is not the same as the one described in this KB article than what would you suggest I try next? Thanks for your attention to this matter. ************************************* They suggested I enter safe mode and using the security property on the network printer I would allow "everyone" access to this default printer This is what I then replied ************************************ OK With the network printer installed and displayed in the "Printer/Faxes" window in NORMAL mode, when I boot in either SAFE or SAFE + Networking mode I am unable to see the usual icon of the network printer in the Printer/Faxes window. Just by curiosity, if I try to "add a printer" I get the dialog box saying that this operation is not permitted in SAFE mode. What next? I find it kind of strange having to go in SAFE mode just so that I can set the network printer as the default printer for all users accounts. Is this a circumvented way of achieving what is described in the KB article I was refering to earlier i.e. setting the network printer in the Local Machine Key instead of the current user key? Can you explain why I cannot see the security tab for the network printer when requesting it from the admin account that installed it ( in normal mode ) Any other suggestion from this community of users? Thanks Gilles |
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"Gilles" wrote: I posted the following to Microsoft Support Hi I'm having all the difficulty in the world to setup a default network printer on my XP system. The printer is locally installed on a WIN2000 Pro system and is shared as "\printer". From my XP administrator account I am able to install the network printer as well as obtaining "Manage Printer" priviledges on the printer besides being able to print to it after being authenticated with a username and password valid on the 2000 system. As a separate secondary issue I am not able to see the security tab even when I hold the CTRL key and select "properties". Maybe you can explain this one. The username and password supplied during iinstalling of the network printer is that of an adminstrator account on the 2000 system. I expected to be able to manage the printer remotely from this XP account. The primary issues I have however is that I expected to see an instance of this network printer in each of the user accounts on the XP box be it a limited or administrator accounts and granting them the ability to print to this network printer. Instead, it appears as though I need to install the same default network printer in each XP user account manually (i.e using the wizard or otherwise and in each case supplying a username and password of a recognized user on the printer server. I did not expect this. More so, each time a user logs in, the network printer is not recognizable until authentication with the print server takes place. After searching in the KB articles, I came across KB307016 - Cannot Set Up a Default Network Printer for All Windows XP Users article which appears to be exactly my problem however it lists only XP Pro and XP Home is not listed. My question is, does this article equally applies to my XP Home? Would the steps to modify the registry be identical on my XP Home as described in the article? It describes how the default printer is installed in the Cuurent User Key instead of Local Machine key which would grant access to this printer to all users. Has this problem been corrected in the SP2 update as I have not installed it yet. If my problem as described is not the same as the one described in this KB article than what would you suggest I try next? Thanks for your attention to this matter. ************************************* They suggested I enter safe mode and using the security property on the network printer I would allow "everyone" access to this default printer This is what I then replied ************************************ OK With the network printer installed and displayed in the "Printer/Faxes" window in NORMAL mode, when I boot in either SAFE or SAFE + Networking mode I am unable to see the usual icon of the network printer in the Printer/Faxes window. Just by curiosity, if I try to "add a printer" I get the dialog box saying that this operation is not permitted in SAFE mode. What next? I find it kind of strange having to go in SAFE mode just so that I can set the network printer as the default printer for all users accounts. Is this a circumvented way of achieving what is described in the KB article I was refering to earlier i.e. setting the network printer in the Local Machine Key instead of the current user key? Can you explain why I cannot see the security tab for the network printer when requesting it from the admin account that installed it ( in normal mode ) Any other suggestion from this community of users? Thanks Gilles Hi! I too am having problems with trying to network a printer that is on Win2000 OS. I have two other machines running ME and one running XP. Of course, when you try to add a printer I am able to see the Win2000 computer but the printer name never comes up when you browse. I can manually punch in the Win2000 computer name and the printer name and it askes me for a name and password. I have the Win2000 set for full printer access with file and printer sharing turned on. I've had other problems sharing files between a Win2000 OS and any other OS and I sure wish someone would come up with a solution to this problem besides "upgrade your Win2000 to XP". That's not an option! Let me know if you get any help!!!!!! |
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