Ken, I do this in a script. You can do this in a logon script or just put it in the Windows startup directory. It could look something like this:
@ECHO OFF ECHO Setting default printer... C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\rundll32.exe printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /n\\SERVER\PrinterShare CLS On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Michael Lubinski <[email protected] > wrote: > With the group policy client side extensions you can set printers via a > policy. There you can also specify a default printer when added via the > policy. > > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Ken Pryor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> This may be a simple fix, but I'm an even simpler guy and don't know the >> answer. We have an XP Pro computer at the office that keeps switching its >> default printer for reasons unknown to me. Every account is supposed to have >> the same default and I had them set correctly, but now it seems to just >> randomly switch to the Microsoft XPS Document Writer from the correct >> printer. I don't know what is causing this, but wondered if anyone knew of a >> way, through Group Policy or otherwise, to lock the default for all accounts >> on the machine. >> >> Thanks! >> Ken >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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