Guest Hinkhig Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Hi, I have a problem with some printer. I deployed 3 printers on Windows 2k3 R2 using print management, it all worked fine printers were deployed. I have subsequently had to replace a printer as it reached the end of it's life, I have replaced the printer and deployed it OK however I am unable to remove the old printer, in Print Management I have removed the printer but it still appears on all desktops it was deployed to, if I delete the printers from the PC they reappear. Is there any way I can completely remove the printers so they do not install themselves. Thanks, Jo
Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP] Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Printer deployment Howdie! Hinkhig schrieb: > I have a problem with some printer. I deployed 3 printers on Windows 2k3 R2 > using print management, it all worked fine printers were deployed. I have > subsequently had to replace a printer as it reached the end of it's life, I > have replaced the printer and deployed it OK however I am unable to remove > the old printer, in Print Management I have removed the printer but it still > appears on all desktops it was deployed to, if I delete the printers from the > PC they reappear. If I remember right, you need to run the wizard again to be able to delete the printer. That was sort of an oddity, if I remember right. cheers, Florian -- Microsoft MVP - Group Policy eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net. blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog. Use a newsreader! http://www.frickelsoft.net/news.html Maillist (german): http://frickelsoft.net/cms/index.php?page=mailingliste
Guest Hinkhig Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Printer deployment Hi, Thanks for the very quick response, I am a bit confussed this is the first time I have used this and am not sure which wizard I need to run again. Thanks
Guest Florian Frommherz [MVP] Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Printer deployment Howdie! Hinkhig schrieb: > Thanks for the very quick response, I am a bit confussed this is the first > time I have used this and am not sure which wizard I need to run again. Sorry, it's been a while when I last looked at that. I don't like the Deployed Printer feature since it lacks basic functionality and doesn't seem to work the way *I* (and a few others) think things should work. It seems like you'd have to move the machines to an OU where a deployed printer GPO is linked that only has the printers inside that you really want - there's no cool "remove this" feature, really. You could also go hack the registry and delete the corresponding regkey that holds the connection data in the background. That should also delete the connection. I really encourage you to not use the Deployed Printer feature. Instead, you may use some script magic with the printui.dll: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/printuidll.mspx http://www.robvanderwoude.com/2kprintcontrol.html or, if you don't like script, the new Group Policy Preferences which comes with a cooler, working method to deploy printers. cheers, Florian -- Microsoft MVP - Group Policy eMail: prename [at] frickelsoft [dot] net. blog: http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog. Use a newsreader! http://www.frickelsoft.net/news.html Maillist (german): http://frickelsoft.net/cms/index.php?page=mailingliste
Guest Alan Morris [MSFT] Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Re: Printer deployment Is the printer machine deployed or user deployed? run the exe with logging enabled pushprinterconnections.exe -log send the contents of the log -- Alan Morris Windows Printing Team Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here: http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Hinkhig" <Hinkhig@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1BD3CC55-1FD7-4BB9-B503-47D9D27DAF1D@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I have a problem with some printer. I deployed 3 printers on Windows 2k3 > R2 > using print management, it all worked fine printers were deployed. I have > subsequently had to replace a printer as it reached the end of it's life, > I > have replaced the printer and deployed it OK however I am unable to remove > the old printer, in Print Management I have removed the printer but it > still > appears on all desktops it was deployed to, if I delete the printers from > the > PC they reappear. > > Is there any way I can completely remove the printers so they do not > install > themselves. > > Thanks, > Jo
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