Network discovery turned off, perhaps?
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Bill Humphries <[email protected]>wrote: > So, I guess my simple question is why is printer discovery broken and how > do i fix it? We haven't rolled out many Win7 machines and I'm not sure if > this is a common issue or not. My google-fu is failing. > > Bill > > > > Bill Humphries wrote: > >> My understanding is that if you manually connect to a shared printer using >> win 7 it will try to use a shared print driver on the server, but if you use >> the autodiscover it will check for a local compatible print driver and offer >> to use it. I could misunderstand this. Regardless, I would expect the >> problem desktop to be able to see the shared printers even if it didn't have >> a drivers for them. >> >> >> My first thought is you had the 64-Bit drivers already installed on your >>> laptop but no 64-bit drivers installed on the Print Server. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:27 PM >>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>> Subject: win7 printer discovery >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> So I have a client with a SBS 2003 network. The have one new HP desktop >>> that is win7 x64. When you click the add printer wizard it does not see any >>> of the networked printers installed on the SBS server. The SDDP discovery >>> service is started on the desktop. >>> >>> My laptop is a thinkpad with Win& x64 and it is simply authenticated by >>> me manually to the network ( ie not a domain member), but I can see and add >>> any of the network printers. >>> >>> It took me thirty seconds to add a printer to my notebook. I'd like it to >>> be that easy with any new Win 7 machines they purchase. What would cause >>> the auto discovery to fail? Also, thought it was weird that when I tried to >>> manually add an HP printer, the HP desktop didn't offer a compatible driver, >>> but my thinkpad had a PCL 5e driver available. >>> >>> Thanks for any help. >>> >>> ~ 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 >>> ________________________________ >>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are >>> confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you do not have >>> permission to disclose, copy, distribute, or open any attachments. If you >>> have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by >>> returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. >>> >>> ~ 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > ~ 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 > ~ 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
