Re: Cannot install new printer drivers

I'm going to have to bail on this one. It looks like it's more than just a
spooler issue. Unsure how remote security administration is performed

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Martin Brilliant" <MartinBrilliant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Right, copying secpol.msc didn't work. I got a little pop-up titled
Microsoft
Management Console that said

Snap-in failed to initialize.
Name: <unknown>
CLSID: {big long hes string}

and then a bigger window titled Local Security Settings said Snap-in
Creation Failed.

But I thought a Windows XP Pro system could do administrative tasks on
other
computers in the same LAN. Alternatively, maybe secpol.msc makes changes
in
the Registry that could be made by mucking about directly in the Registry.

What do you mean by "inbox XP version of the driver"?

Th eprinter I installed just before the trouble started was an HP LaserJet
Plus. I selected the driver from the list that comes up in the Add Printer
Wizard. At the bottom of the window it says "The driver is digitally
signed."

But at some point I was asked whether I wanted to install additional
drivers. I installed a Windows 98 driver, but I don't remember where I got
it. I just tried to run the Wizard again telling it that the printer was
on
LPT1 and I wanted to share it, but I didn't got to that point before the
printer was "not installed."

The first printer I was unable to install was an NP LaserJet Series II,
also
from the Wizard's list, also digitally signed.

The computer was new in 2003, delivered with the current Windows XP
installation. I added another hard drive with partitions from the computer
I
had before, including partitions from the computer before that, etc. Those
other partitions should not have affected Windows XP. But when I tried to
use
System Restore right after the trouble started, it failed, because System
Restore was monitoring every little partition, and it suspends monitoring
on
all partitions if any monitored partition doesn't have enough free space,
and
of course I didn't want to waste free space on inactive partitions....

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:

I have this feeling if you copied the secpol.msc file from the Pro
machine
to the Home machine , it would not work. If the file is not on Home, I
don't see how the security policies would have been altered.

But you can always give it a try. Is this a new machine or did you
inherit
it?

When you installed the LaserJet II driver that started the problem, I
assume this was the inbox XP version of the driver.



--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Martin Brilliant" <MartinBrilliant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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I am admin on the system because Administrator can't log on to Windows
XP
Home Edition except in Safe Mode. This is by design....?

I can't find secpol.msc. It is rumored not to be available in Windows
XP
Home Edition. This is by design.

Is there any other way of doing the same thing? Can secpol.msc be
installed
in Windows XP Home? There is a system running Windows XP Pro on my home
network; could that be used to fix my system?

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" wrote:
....


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