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May 30, 2013 at 10:15 AM
asaph007

How to prevent users from changing default printer

by asaph007 . Updated 13 years ago

Hi, I have 3 rooms of Dell 755s running windows 7 in an active directory environment. I have created OUs for each room. There are 3 identical printer models, one in each room. Each PC has all 3 printer drivers (tcp/ip printers). Based on which room they are in, I want to set the default printer and prevent the user from changing it:
Room 150 – printer1
Room 158 – printer2
Room 166 – printer3

The users login to the ADS and have limited rights given by the university IT department. I am an admin, but my rights are very limited being down the AD food chain.

I have a Windows 2008 server using file sharing, am mapping a drive that copies some files and refreshes them to each workstation. The users don’t login to my server – they only map a drive.

What can I do to force them to not change the default printer?

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