I just applied the bat file as a startup script for the Machines in GPO, and left it there. So every time the machine starts up it deletes it again.
> -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 1:35 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Office 2003 Image Writer Printer > > That might help! > > But, will it make Image Writer go away forever? Or will it just get re- > added the next time an Office update gets installed? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:27 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Office 2003 Image Writer Printer > > Hate that thing. > > cscript //B c:\windows\system32\prnmngr.vbs -d -p "Generic" > > as a machine.bat file. Replace 'Generic' with whatever printer name you > want to nuke. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:24 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Office 2003 Image Writer Printer > > > > Office 2003 comes with an Image Writer virtual printer. This thing is > > driving me nuts because a bunch of our systems periodically revert to > > making this printer the default. We select a different printer (i.e., > > their actual, physical printer) as the default, but later the Image > > Writer is the default again. > > > > As best I can tell, this happens when Office updates are installed. > > > > Is there a solution to this? Preferably one that can easily and > > centrally be deployed to hundreds of machines? And has the person > been > > horsewhipped who wrote the code that makes this printer repeatedly > > become the default? > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > 318 North Clark Street > > Perry, FL 32347 > > > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
