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Pointing the a global ntprint.inf

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by garytn9988

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Is there a way to modify the Windows NT server 4.0 to point to a global ntprint.inf file that multiple NT server print server can access and use? This would allow us to only have to modify one ntprint.inf file when we get a new printer we need to add that is not in the list.

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by joseph moore

Hello again.
It looks like there is a way to do this in Win2K, but I do not think it will work for NT4. I found a Technet article that mentions addins 2 values to the Registry to redirect the printer INF requests. The article is Q239088. It is primarily for Terminal Services clients. Again, I don't think it will for for NT. Also, there is no standard Registry entry for the location of NTPRINT.INF. In fact, I could not find this INF file in the Registry on a NT4Server box at all!
So, I don't think it is possible.
Here is the URL for the article. You can try it:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q239088
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