Re: attach printers and make it default

Comments in-line....

Just a suggestion....... Try using "I" instead of "i" and a spell checker...
It will make your postings a bit more readable....

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Regards,
Hank Arnold

"ddt" <ddt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Can anyone help me how to do?
>
> we are running Windows 2003 AD with 80 workstations.
>
> A new network printer is added and shared in a print server. It's already
> published in the AD.
>
> If I want this new printer attached automatically in all workstation as
> default printer, how to make it easier? Otherwise, i will need to do it in
> every users workstation in maunally.
>
> I may send a link to the users and let them do it themselves. but, some of
> them are not smart enough.
>
> I want this printer will be the new default after they logged off and
> logged on again.

Are the users doing a local logon or a domain logon?

>
> I know logon script "net use" can mapped it as lpt but i don't want to do
> like that.

Why not??

>
> I tried the following by Microssoft as well but it's to add the local
> printer manually.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314486/en-us

Not true.... We use the " Rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry" command to add
network printers all the
time.... It also has flags to set a printer as the default... it's an
amazingly useful command....




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