I always do this with Group Policy. Make sure you exclude your Terminal Servers from the policy, though.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> w - 312.625.1438 | c - 312.731.3132 From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WS12 disable printer mapping I started thinking, how would someone do this with server core? Found this, which says to use the GPO method, and also appears to be a very nice checklist for 2012 Hyper-V config. I'll be trying the GPO out: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2013/03/10/windows-server-2012-hyper-v-best-practices-in-easy-checklist-form.aspx -Bonnie From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WS12 disable printer mapping For a long time now, I've disabled Windows printer mapping on most servers (minus actual TS/RDS servers), as when admins connect via RDS, it will otherwise load their printer drivers. On print servers in particular, this is a really big issue, but I find it's cleaner to keep things off that aren't needed in general. I've typically done this manually by going to RDS Session Host configuration, properties of RDS-TCP, Client settings tab, then check the box to disable. So, how does one do the same thing in Windows Server 2012, especially where the RDS role is not actually installed? If there is not a way to do this manually, would enabling this GPO do the trick? http://blogs.technet.com/b/yongrhee/archive/2011/10/09/how-to-disable-printer-redirection-on-windows-server-2008-or-a-windows-server-2008-r2-print-server.aspx Or, is it no longer necessary and I'm worrying for no reason? I know there have been some changes to the print subsystem again for W8/WS2012, but most client machines connecting via RDS are still Win7. Thanks! Bonnie ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
