>From memory the "prompting" policies only apply to Vista and above.
When the domain admin connects the printer are they simply using the add printer wizard and pointing to the print queue on the server? From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, 7 November 2009 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Printer installation error I have a print queue on a Server 2008 print server. The drivers for the printer were installed on the 2008 box by "pushing them up" from a Windows 7 machine using the Print Management snap-in as described by Miles Zhang on this page http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverprint/thread/371d844e-2d6e-48f5-b31c-61d53f1e242a Non-privileged users on Windows 7 and Vista machines can connect to the 2008 Server print queue. However, non-privileged users on Windows XP are not able to connect. If a non-privileged user tries to install it using the add printer interface they get the message A policy is in effect on your computer which prevents you from connecting to this print queue. Please contact your system administrator. If non-privileged user tries to install it from a .vbs script containing the command MyNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection strNewPrinter they get Error: Windows cannot open this program because it has been prevented by a software restriction policy. For more information, open Event Viewer or contact your system administrator. Code: 800704EC Source: (null) If the printer is first installed on the XP box by a domain admin, then non-privleged users can install the printer without difficulty. I don't believe I have set any software restriction policies. Is there some policy that I need to change to get this to work? I have Point and Print Restrictions Enabled with the options Users can only point and print to these servers ( not selected) Users can only point and print to machines in their forest (not selected) When installing drivers for a new connection "Do not show warning or elevation prompt" When updating drivers for an existing connection "Do not show warning or elevation prompt" Thanks for your help. Curt Finley ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
