Re: "Access denied, unable to connect" viewing shared print queues



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"Steve M" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am having a problem where all non-administrators get an error message
> "Access denied, unable to connect" when they open up their network printer
> queue window. The clients are windows 2000 Pro machines and the print
> servers are windows 2000 domain controllers. They can print to the shared
> printers fine but they cannot see the print queue nor delete their print
> jobs. Domain admins can do this fine. The printers are installed on
> Windows 2000 domain controllers with SP4. This is not a problem for the
> users if they install a printer on a windows 2000 member server. The
> users
> have a group policy that restricts security. Taking the PC's out of the
> group policy lockdown does fix the problem. So I am thinking there is
> something in the group policy on the desktops that is causing the problem
> but I haven't found out what setting is doing it. If a domain admin logs
> into the locked-down PC they do not get the error. Here are the printer
> configuration of the lockdown policy:
>
> Policy Setting
> Allow printers to be published Disabled
> Allow pruning of published printers Enabled
> Automatically publish new printers in Active Directory Disabled
> Check published state Enabled
> Computer location Disabled
> Custom support URL in the Printers folder's left pane Disabled
> Directory pruning interval Not configured
> Directory pruning priority Not configured
> Directory pruning retry Not configured
> Disallow installation of printers using kernel-mode drivers Not
> configured
> Log directory pruning retry events Not configured
> Pre-populate printer search location text Not configured
> Printer browsing Not configured
> Prune printers that are not automatically republished Not
> configured
> Allow Print Spooler to accept client connections Not configured
> Web-based printing Disabled
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
>


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