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by aceteach2001

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On Win2K Pro, is there a way to add a printer as a local administrator then copy that portion of the profile to All Users? Have a situation where every user on a local machine who tries to add a printer - connected / shared from a second computer - must be a member of the local admin group on the second computer before having access to add the printer. (Not my network setup!! Have to use someone else's rules!)

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by thumbsup2

I have a similar situation. Printer is physically connected to Win2K Pro computer and is shared. Some WinXP computers can add the printer with no problem. Doesn't matter which user is logged in. But, for others I have to create a user account on the Win2K machine which matches their WinXP logon credentials before they can add the printer. Not sure why, but this solves the problem. They can then add that printer and use it just fine. Not sure why it's not the same for everybody. They're all using WinXP Pro SP2. The only Win2K computer in the building is the one with the printer connected.

So, try that. Add user accounts on the Win2K computer that has the printer attached to it.

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