J There are tons of vbs and other scripting that can renaming of printers. It will be an additional couple of lines in a logon script...one to delete, one to add and one to set default printer.
Terry Sent by Blackberry ----- Original Message ----- From: J [[email protected]] Sent: 06/05/2009 01:02 AM AST To: "Active Directory Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Print Server Migration I understand server to server migration works like a charm.. but let's say with this new migration you are doign two things: 1) Migration from ServerA to Server B - Which i understand is easy. 2) And also changing the printer naming convention to a more modern schema.. How do you change this information on users workstations, Chaning 1 to 1 printers name from new to old and also the server name.. Any more pointers will be great. Best regards On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Ehren Benson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I am not sure if there is an **easy** way to do this or not but I figured > it was worth asking. > > > > I have a Windows Server 2003 R2 system that is our print server. I want to > decommission the box as it is older and set it all up on a new Win2008 > server machine. Is there an easier way to move all the installed, shared > printers than documenting all the information and manually installing them > on the new machine, sharing them, and then telling everyone (300+ clients) > to delete their installed printers and connect to the new shares? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Ehren J. Benson, MCSE > > *Windows Systems Administrator* > > Department of Physics and Astronomy > > Michigan State University > > 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci > > > > [email protected] > > 517-884-5469 > > > > ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ > ~ ~ > > ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~
