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February 2, 2004 at 12:15 PM
moushie_23

Installing local printers on XP pro

by moushie_23 . Updated 22 years, 8 months ago

XP pro has a setting that prevents users from installing local printers.
I have looked in the Local computer policy\User Config\Admin Templates\Control Panel\Printers and the “Prevent addition of printers” says not configured….
Then I checked Local Computer Policy\Computer Config\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policy\User Rights\ and I see that Load and Unload device drivers is set to Administrators… Is this the setting I need to change to allow users to add local printers? Does anyone know the history on why XP automatically banned users from installing local printers?

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