Printer will only work in Admin Account
From: Libra (Libra.1e7md1_at_pcbanter.net)
Date: 10/16/04
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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 08:45:00 +0100
To Bruce Sanderson,
Thank you for your reply. I used the "cut" method to move a program
I installed in my Admin account to the All Users Program files and it
worked.
I have the Dell 920 all-in-one printer which is only shared on the XP
Home computer among the Admin and 2 limited users. The work-around I've
used is to make a limited user an admin, let them scan once and then
change the account back to a limited user again. The scan will work
until the user logs out.
When I installed this printer Lexpps.exe asked for server rights in
ZA, so I gave them although everything I've read about Lexpps.exe
indicates it is needed for a Network Shared printer. In the past, when
I disabled Lexpps.exe in Zone Alarm the printer wouldn't work anymore
and I got errors. I don't know if this is coincidence or not, but I
gave Lexpps.exe rights now. Do you know if it's necessary to run the
printer?
Thank you.
Sincerely, Libra
Bruce Sanderson Wrote:
> Programs and printers are different kinds of animals.
>
> Unfortunatly, the people that build program (software) installation
> programs
> don't always think about multi-user environments. A well written
> installation program will either add the program's shortcuts to the
> All
> Users profile or ask the installing user if the program is to be
> available
> to All Users or just the installing user and put the program shortcuts
> in
> the appropriate place depending on the answer.
>
> It is quite common for the program's shortcuts to be put into the
> Profile
> for whichever user account installed the program. So, to make an
> already
> installed program available to everyone that logs on, move the
> program's
> shortcuts from the installing user's Profile to the All User's
> Profile.
>
> The All Users Profile is at %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All
> Users
> (e.g. c:\Documents and Settings\All Users). Program shortcuts are
> normally
> put into %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu or a
> sub
> folder therein.
>
> An individual user's Profile is at %sytemdrive%\Documents and
> Settings\username. Program shortcuts specific to a particular user
> will be
> in %systemdriver%\Documents and Settings\Start Menu or a sub folder
> therein.
>
> Now to Printers:
> A Local Printer will automatically available to any user that logs on
> at
> that computer. A Network Printer will normally only be available to
> whoever
> Adds the printer, but see
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm for how to add
> a
> Network Printer for all users.
>
> A printer that has a name of the form "PrinterName on ServerName" is a
> Network Printer; a printer with a name not like that is almost
> certainly a
> Local Printer, even if the printer is actually connected directly to
> the
> network or is shared from another computer.
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson MVP
>
> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong
> question.
>
>
> "RAMI" RAMI@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
> news:4BAD1F28-8CEF-46B8-9967-FCBF573B54D8@microsoft.com...-
> Ditto. I have one printer installed (an HP LaserJet). I can print
> only
> from
> the Administrator logon. The printer does not even show up as
> installed
> on
> the other user accounts. What do I need to change to make the
> printer
> (and
> other programs I install, for that matter) show up on all (or
> selected)
> user
> accounts?
>
> "Libra" wrote:
> -
>
> Hi,
> I have XP Home (I just got this computer about 2 weeks). After
> installing SP2 I installed a Dell 920 all-in-one printer. The
> printer
> will only work in the Admin account. A few days ago after reading a
> post here, I removed the printer and reinstalled it with all users as
> Admin. I then rebooted and checked it in Admin and changed the Users
> back to limited users. I blocked Lexprss.exe in Zone Alarm (since
> I'm
> not sharing with another computer, only the users). It wouldn't work
> and giving Lexprss.exe rights didn't help it.
>
> I again removed and reinstalled the printer today following the same
> procedure and gave Lexprss rights. It worked when the account was in
> admin. I rebooted and changed the accounts to limited users and it
> wouldn't work. I then gave a user account Admin rights and it
> worked,
> switched to limited and it continued to work. When I logged off the
> account and went back on it wouldn't work.
>
> Can anyone help? I was on with tech support for 5 days and no one
> could fix it. I have removed and reinstalled the printer at least 15
> times. I was going to return the computer and printer but at one
> point
> it seemed to be working and now I have lost that opportunity. This
> computer is my daughter's and I don't want her surfing around with
> admin rights.
>
> I would appreciate any help with this. Thank you.
>
> Sincerely, Libra
>
>
> --
> Libra
> --
-- Libra
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