I would rename her whole profile to user.old and then log in again and see if the issue still occurs. Also check the permissions on the printer haven't been altered in a funky fashion.
2009/12/10 John Aldrich <[email protected]> > No. There is only one user profile for that user under c:\documents and > settings. I checked both under My Computer →Properties →Advanced →User > Profiles and c:¥documents and settings. > > > > There are a couple pre-domain accounts, including the “owner” and the local > admin account, but as best I can see she’s not using the old pre-domain > accounts when she logs in as a non-admin. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:17 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Wierd network printer issue > > > > > I would guess she does in fact have two different profiles. What do you > see in the "Documents and Settings" folder? Similar names, but one has an > extension? That is, "PrinterUser" and "PrinterUser.001"? > > If this is the case, then she: > > 1. is using a completely different NTUSER.DAT file > > 2. being a non-administrator, is not allowed to make connections to > printers > > I would: > > 1. backup both profile folders > > 2. try to figure out which is the "older", "correct" profile (the one with > the printer) > > 3. rename the NTUSER.DAT file in the incorrect folder (NTUSER.BAK), then > copy the NTUSER.DAT file into that folder > > 4. Make sure she has full permissions to all files and folders in that > directory folder > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > *ASPCA®* > 1717 S. 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No GPOs that I’m aware of, and I was here when the contractor > > built the domain for us, so I think I’d know. J The user’s start > > menu looks different when she’s a member of the local admin group > > than when she’s just a power user too. The admin has the “old style” > > start menu and the power user has the “new” style Windows XP start > > menu. Which is really weird. It’s almost like she’s got two > > different profiles, one for admin and one for power user, but I > > watched her log in and it’s the same username/password both times. > > > > [image removed] [image removed] > > > > From: Cameron Cooper [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:23 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Wierd network printer issue > > > > Do you have a GPO in place that would remove the printer? > > > > _____________________________ > > Cameron Cooper > > System Administrator | CompTIA A+ Certified > > Aurico Reports, Inc > > Phone: 847-890-4021 | Fax: 847-255-1896 > > [email protected] | www.aurico.com > > > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:03 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Wierd network printer issue > > > > Well, we’ve got it shared off our DC, so I was trying to do it that > > way. Hmm… guess I could redirect LPT2 (it’s already pointing lpt1 to > > another printer hooked up to a PC) and point it at that. > > > > [image removed] [image removed] > > > > From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:45 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Wierd network printer issue > > > > Have you tried to setup the printer and point it to LPT1: and then > > redirect it to the IP of the printer? > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:37 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > Ok, I have a user who is currently an admin on her box. She normally > > prints to a network printer, but for some reason, if I take her out > > of the local admins group, it will remove the network printer from > > her machine and disallow her adding it back. But if I add her back > > to the local admins group next time she logs back in, the network > > printer is there and is the default again. > > > > What’s going on and how do I fix it? I’m trying to keep from having > > every user be a local admin, but apparently if they’re going to > > print to a network printer, they’re going to have to be. At least > > that’s what it seems like…. Do I need to do anything special to give > > her access to the network printer w/o making her a local admin? > > > > Thanks! > > > > [image removed] [image removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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