Guest JohnB Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 I've never seen this before. I recently started working for this company... whenever I setup a new PC, it automatically gets a printer added, that is shared out from a particular PC on the network. It shows up as; Auto Forms on Computername. Every computer in the company has that printer. "forms" is the share name on the PC, which is running XP Home. How could this be happening automatically? I know how to do this from AD with a login script. But this company uses Terminal Server and RDP exclusively, none of the computers are joined to the Domain... so it can't be coming from a login script. TIA
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Re: Printer gets added automatically [Forwarded to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax newsgroup via crosspost.] JohnB wrote: > I've never seen this before. > I recently started working for this company... whenever I setup a new PC, > it > automatically gets a printer added, that is shared out from a particular > PC > on the network. > It shows up as; Auto Forms on Computername. Every computer in the > company > has that printer. > "forms" is the share name on the PC, which is running XP Home. > > How could this be happening automatically? > > I know how to do this from AD with a login script. But this company uses > Terminal Server and RDP exclusively, none of the computers are joined to > the > Domain... so it can't be coming from a login script. > > TIA
Guest Alan Morris [MSFT] Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Re: Printer gets added automatically this is a feature of the explorer process. You should also be connecting to shared folders when this feature is enabled. How To Disable Automatic Search for Network Printers and Folders in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320138/en-us -- 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. "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eCPdFCo7IHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > [Forwarded to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax newsgroup via > crosspost.] > > JohnB wrote: >> I've never seen this before. >> I recently started working for this company... whenever I setup a new PC, >> it >> automatically gets a printer added, that is shared out from a particular >> PC >> on the network. >> It shows up as; Auto Forms on Computername. Every computer in the >> company >> has that printer. >> "forms" is the share name on the PC, which is running XP Home. >> >> How could this be happening automatically? >> >> I know how to do this from AD with a login script. But this company uses >> Terminal Server and RDP exclusively, none of the computers are joined to >> the >> Domain... so it can't be coming from a login script. >> >> TIA >
Guest JohnB Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Re: Printer gets added automatically Learn something new everyday. I had never seen that before. Thanks. "Alan Morris [MSFT]" <alanmo@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:uMmCyXo7IHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > this is a feature of the explorer process. You should also be connecting > to shared folders when this feature is enabled. > > > How To Disable Automatic Search for Network Printers and Folders in > Windows XP > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320138/en-us > > > -- > 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. > > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:eCPdFCo7IHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> [Forwarded to microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax newsgroup via >> crosspost.] >> >> JohnB wrote: >>> I've never seen this before. >>> I recently started working for this company... whenever I setup a new >>> PC, it >>> automatically gets a printer added, that is shared out from a particular >>> PC >>> on the network. >>> It shows up as; Auto Forms on Computername. Every computer in the >>> company >>> has that printer. >>> "forms" is the share name on the PC, which is running XP Home. >>> >>> How could this be happening automatically? >>> >>> I know how to do this from AD with a login script. But this company >>> uses >>> Terminal Server and RDP exclusively, none of the computers are joined to >>> the >>> Domain... so it can't be coming from a login script. >>> >>> TIA >> > >
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