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Why no printer for domain users?

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by makeitso

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Hi,
I have installed the first XP machine in a school lab prior to upgrading all 90 machines. I logged on as the machine administrator and set up one printer - a HP4000 laser connected to the W2K servers' LPT1 port. When I log on as a domain user, the printer does not show up in 'Printers and Faxes'. I have nearly 600 students, surely there is a way to get the printer to show up without having to install for every user on every machine...
Thanks.

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by ccochran

Unfortunately (of fortunately), both of these solutions require scripting. The first is suggested in Microsoft's KB article 314486. You could add a batch file to run on startup. The second is a logon script (assuming all of these machines are in a domain). If you have Windows Script Host installed and enabled, you have a rich scripting environment, however, so do the hackers and virus writers.

by makeitso

Hi,
I searched the knowledgebase in vain for just such an item - please let me know your search secrets! I'll try the batch file method as I am completely useless when it comes to scripts.

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