Both those keys just appear to fill up with every printer that has ever mapped on the Terminal Server, every time it populates. It is full of printers "*from session x*" corresponding to other users on the Terminal Server. The user can't see them in Devices and Printers, but they are all dropped into these keys.
The sooner I bin these damned roaming profiles the better On 30 March 2011 11:55, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:01 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > There are two Registry keys - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows > > NT\CurrentVersion\Devices\ and HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows > > NT\CurrentVersion\PrinterPorts - that, in a terminal services > environment, > > seem to fill up with vast amounts of printers, apparently enumerated from > > any user that has ever logged on. > > Shouldn't anything under HKCU (HKEY_CURRENT_USER) be a per-user > setting, and not from any user who has ever logged on to your Terminal > Server? Or is everyone logging on under one user account? > > -- Ben > > ~ 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 > -- "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." *IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. Unless the word absquatulation has been used in its correct context somewhere other than in this warning, it does not have any legal or no grammatical use and may be ignored. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the kelpie next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, so just ignore that Alert Notice from Microsoft. However, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk and place in a warm oven for 40 minutes.* ~ 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
