Printer gets added automatically

[Guest JohnB]

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]]

Re: Printer gets added automatically

 

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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]]

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.

 

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>

> 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]

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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