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by andersst

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I have some pc's that have 30 or 40 users and I need a way to set the desktop and printers only once so that I don't have to do it for all users. I can do the desktop using the "ALL Users" in Explorer but how do you set a default printer for all users?

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by mrjay67

Since you didnt say what OS im going to assume by the descrition that its Win2K or NT of some flavor. By default anyway Win2k is very profile specific with printers. There is a registry hack/fix that is supposed to work around your issue. You can try looking for the info on Microsofts support page. It is runnig slowly for me right now and cant get the info. I will post back again if I find it.

Jason

by mrjay67

Something i wasnt thinking of before...You could add the printer in a logon script or .bat file at startup. there is an article that explains how to do this on win2K microsoft Article - Q189105. Although compared to the info in article it seems that there should be something simpler in my opinion. The command used is lengthy to me.

by mrjay67

Here is the Technet article Q252388 that i was thinking of. I still was having problems with microsoft support site but found this on a previous asked question. This may be more what your looking for in simplicity. As always be careful working with the registry. If you are unsure back it up. Back up files system.dat and user.dat to be safe.

hope this helps

Jason

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