Hi there all

 

I have a number of computers with multiple users on each machine, that

need access to a printer that is attached to one of the machines and

shared out. e.g. PC1 has the printer physically attached and shared.

All users of PC2, PC3 & PC4 need access to the printer. I have

discovered that if I place the users of PC2,...,PC4 in the local

administrators group for each machine, I can log in with local admin

rights, navigate to the printer e.g. \\pc1\Printers and Faxs

\LocallyAttachedPrinter right click on icon and place a shortcut on my

desktop. I can than copy this shortcut to C:\Documents and Settings

\All Users\Desktop. The idea is that by double clicking on this

shortcut the user can attach to the printer which also as a bonus sets

itself up as their default printer. Cool as this solution could be

applied to hot desks etc and I would not have to get each user of each

machine to log in and then attach the printer manually.

 

I am wondering if anyone knows how to do this without having to place

the users in local admin group as this is obviously undesirable.

314073 - How to troubleshoot network printing problems in Windows XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314073&Product=winxp

Set Up Printer Sharing:

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/broadbandnetworking/10_concept_printer_share.mspx

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"DannyBoy" <dandeasy@googlemail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi there all

>

> I have a number of computers with multiple users on each machine, that

> need access to a printer that is attached to one of the machines and

> shared out. e.g. PC1 has the printer physically attached and shared.

> All users of PC2, PC3 & PC4 need access to the printer. I have

> discovered that if I place the users of PC2,...,PC4 in the local

> administrators group for each machine, I can log in with local admin

> rights, navigate to the printer e.g. \\pc1\Printers and Faxs

> \LocallyAttachedPrinter right click on icon and place a shortcut on my

> desktop. I can than copy this shortcut to C:\Documents and Settings

> \All Users\Desktop. The idea is that by double clicking on this

> shortcut the user can attach to the printer which also as a bonus sets

> itself up as their default printer. Cool as this solution could be

> applied to hot desks etc and I would not have to get each user of each

> machine to log in and then attach the printer manually.

>

> I am wondering if anyone knows how to do this without having to place

> the users in local admin group as this is obviously undesirable.

>