RE: What is an auto-printer?

Hi Paul,

Thanks for posting here.

Form your post, my understanding on this issue is: you find the "Auto
<printer name>" been automatically installed on the client workstation. If
I am off base, please feel free to let me know.

By default, Windows XP uses Net Crawler to monitor shared resources on the
network to make it easier to connect to a shared resource. This feature,
which is new in Windows XP, is implemented by periodically scanning the
computers on the network. During the scan, Windows XP identifies any
newly-shared resources, such as a printer that has just gone online as a
shared printer, or a folder that has just been shared.

When Windows XP finds a newly-shared resource, it adds an icon for the
resource to My Network Places, and, if the new resource is a printer, also
in your Printers and Faxes folder. If you would like to disable this
feature from running, please follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes, and click
Folder Options to open the Folder Options dialog box.

2. Click the View tab.

3. In the Advanced Settings list, click to clear the Automatically Search
for Network Folders and Printers check box.

4. Click OK.

For more details, please refer to the following knowledge base article:

How To Disable Automatic Search for Network Printers and Folders in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320138

More information:
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256248 My Network Places "Net Crawler" Functionality
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=256248

I hope the above information helps.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Steven Zhu
MCSE
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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