Adding a network printer to a Workstation running WinXP Home

Hello all,

just wondering is there an easier way for me to script a batch file so i may add a printer to a Workstation that is running XP Home. This has been a little issue for me, as we are running on a domain, but as the workstation is using XP Home edition, we can’t add the machine to the domain so it may automatically authenticate and run the loginscripts we have created for the workstations OU.

The example i am using is:

echo off
net use lpt1: \\ausyd12\gsydls4

This then prompts the user for their AD account name and password, so therefore still echoes it to the screen for the verification.

any help would be appreciated