Re: Change the default Printer

Hello Customer,

Thank you for your reply.

I understand that it did not work on the terminal server.

Firstly I suggest you try RWW. We can enable documents on the remote
computer to be printed on a local printer in Optional settings.

If you still would like to use TS, let's move on:

Based on my research, the default printer assignment is determined by the
following:

1. When Printer Redirection feature is enabled, the default printer in the
Client Computer becomes the default printer for the terminal server.
Therefore, if the user logs from different client computers, the default
printers may change.
2. When Printer Redirection is disabled, the default printer in the
Terminal Server user profile is the default printer.

To setup a default printer, you may choose the following possible methods
that according to your requirement.

Method I: Enable Printer Redirection and redirect the default network
printer
--------------------------
1. Enable Printer Redirecting. Make sure all your client computers use the
same Network Printer (that you prefer) as the default printer.
2. Once the client connects to your Terminal server, the preferred network
printer becomes the default printer in your terminal session.

NOTE: By Default Windows Server 2003 redirect all printers on the client's
computer. However, if you use Remote Desktop Connection or the Terminal
Services Client version 4.0 or 5.0 to connect to another Windows-based
computer from a computer that is not running Windows Server 2003, your
local printers may not be redirected. As a result, your local printers are
not available in the remote desktop or terminal services session. See:

264039 Windows 2000 Terminal Services Does Not Redirect Network Printers
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=264039

In addition. If you uncheck the "Use connection settings from user
settings" and "Default to main client printer" settings, the client default
printer may not become the default.

1. Open the Terminal Service Configuration snap-in.
2. Right click the RDP-Tcp connection, and click Properties.
3. In the Client Settings tab, ensure that you check the "Use connection
settings from user settings".
4. Log off the client and then reconnect to the terminal server to test
again.

Method 2: Disable Printer Redirection and setup a mandatory profile for all
terminal users.
-------------------------------------------
On this mandatory profile, setup the default printer for this terminal
server. After you configure all terminal server users to use the mandatory
profile, all users get the same default printer setting you configured in
the mandatory profile.

For more information, see:
285977 Configuring Windows 2000 User Environment to Limit Program
Availability
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=285977

Additional Readings:
===============
Providing client access to local printers
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/736e0500-7c7e-4c2d-b6
ed-e0cfc7011db31033.mspx?mfr=true

818758 White Paper: Terminal Services and Printing
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818758

Best regards,

Manfred Zhuang(MSFT)
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| This worked great on the local machines, but the terminal server was
| unaffected. When users log on to the terminal server as the current user
and
| they used a shared printer (from the local machine) it still reverts back
to
| the networked printer. I changed the HKCU setting and the HKLM settings
as
| the user was logged on to the terminal server and I logged on as domain
| admin, but neither worked. Any other suggestions?
|
| "Manfred Zhuang [MSFT]" wrote:
|
| > Hello Customer,
| >
| > Thank you for posting here.
| >
| > From your post, I understand that you installed a local printer and set
it
| > as the default printer for the clients. However, after a reboot, the
| > default printer is changed back to the network printer.
| >
| > From a SBS 2003 point of view, if the server has a network printer
| > attached, it will be added to the client computer and set as the
default
| > printer. The network printer name \\%sbsserver%\%SharedPrinterName%
| > (REG_DWORD) is added to
| > HKCU\Software\Micrsoft\SmallBusinessServer\ClientSetup\Printers on the
| > workstations.
| >
| > 1. The behavior can be disabled for a single user by setting
| > HKCU\Software\Micrsooft\SmallBusinessServer\ClientSetup\NoPrinterConfig
| > (REG_DWORD) to 1 on a workstation.
| >
| > 2. The behavior can be disabled for all users by setting
| > HKLM\Software\Micrsooft\SmallBusinessServer\ClientSetup\NoPrinterConfig
| > (REG_DWORD) to 1.
| >
| > 3. If the printers have already been configured on the clients, the
| > following registry value is created under
| >
''HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\smallbusinessserver\clientsetup''
| > with value data ''1'':
| > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\smallbusinessserver\clientsetup.
| >
| > 4. To let the clients be re-configured, you need to manually delete the
| > registry value mentioned in 3.
| >
| > Please try the above steps at your earliest convenience. If you have
any
| > concern, please feel free to let me know.
| >
| > Best regards,
| >
| > Manfred Zhuang(MSFT)
| > Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support
| >
| > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
| >
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| > please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
| > issue.
| >
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| > provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
| > different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
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| > so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
| >
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| > check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
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| > Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
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| > | I do not want the network printer as default. I want the local as
the
| > default.
| > |
| > | "Costas" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Check the Group Policy for scripts that run and make the network
| > printer the
| > | > default one
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Costas
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > "Stu" <Stu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > | > > I've installed printers on the Small Busienss Server 2003.
These, of
| > | > > course,
| > | > > show up for the user. But when I install a local printer, the
default
| > | > > remains a networked printer. We change the default setting on
the
| > local
| > | > > XP
| > | > > machine to the local printer, but everytime we reboot, it
defaults
| > back to
| > | > > the networked printer. Any suggestions?
| > | >
| > |
| >
| >
|

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