Re: Install Printer and port with User Privilege...How?

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From: Peter Hutchison (pjhutch_at_NOSPAM.com)
Date: 07/18/04


Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:52:14 +0100

On 9 Jul 2004 14:26:50 -0700, mschmeitz@home.nl (Mike Schmeitz) wrote:

>Hi there,
>
>We've got users who want to install printers from a website, lets say
>they want to install printers made available by IPP .....but....
>those users have User Privelege.
>
>This won't work by default. Who will know what we can change to the
>default XP config to get the printer installed without making the user
>Power User or even worse, administrator?
>
>Have tried to grant access to HKLM, files and dirs....Hopeless :-(
>
>Anyone?
>
>I will sent some cookies to the one who has the answer to this
>question! ;-)

Install the printers drivers centrally on a server, then share them,
THEN users can connect to them and install the driver without the
need of admin priviledges.

Peter Hutchison



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