Windows Server 2008 and redirected printer names

[Guest Saucer Man]

Is there a way to prevent the redirected printers in a client session from

displaying a number which changes after the word "redirected"? This is

causing an issue with applications that remember the name of the last

printer used. The application might remember "redirected 2" and the next

time a client connects the print job fails because it is now called

redirected 3".

 

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Thanks!

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Windows Server 2008 and redirected printer names

 

Check this out:

 

Can I remove the session number from the redirected printer name?

http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_printing.htm#sessionid_in_printername

 

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

 

"Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 23 okt 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Is there a way to prevent the redirected printers in a client

> session from displaying a number which changes after the word

> "redirected"? This is causing an issue with applications that

> remember the name of the last printer used. The application

> might remember "redirected 2" and the next time a client

> connects the print job fails because it is now called redirected

> 3".

[Guest Saucer Man]

Re: Windows Server 2008 and redirected printer names

 

Thanks for this info Vera. The Microsoft link doesn't exactly show you how

to write the script to remove the session number for all the printers. Do

you have this code?

 

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message

news:Xns9B40D92AB5B84veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

> Check this out:

>

> Can I remove the session number from the redirected printer name?

> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_printing.htm#sessionid_in_printername

>

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 23 okt 2008 in

> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>> Is there a way to prevent the redirected printers in a client

>> session from displaying a number which changes after the word

>> "redirected"? This is causing an issue with applications that

>> remember the name of the last printer used. The application

>> might remember "redirected 2" and the next time a client

>> connects the print job fails because it is now called redirected

>> 3".

>

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Windows Server 2008 and redirected printer names

 

No, I haven't. But have you tried this:

 

For script code examples, see WMI Tasks for Scripts and

Applications and the TechNet ScriptCenter Script Repository.

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394585(VS.85).aspx

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46710

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

 

"Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 24 okt 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Thanks for this info Vera. The Microsoft link doesn't exactly

> show you how to write the script to remove the session number

> for all the printers. Do you have this code?

>

>

> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote

> in message

> news:Xns9B40D92AB5B84veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

>> Check this out:

>>

>> Can I remove the session number from the redirected printer

>> name?

>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_printing.htm#sessionid_in_printer

>> name

>>

>> _________________________________________________________

>> Vera Noest

>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>

>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 23 okt 2008 in

>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>

>>> Is there a way to prevent the redirected printers in a client

>>> session from displaying a number which changes after the word

>>> "redirected"? This is causing an issue with applications that

>>> remember the name of the last printer used. The application

>>> might remember "redirected 2" and the next time a client

>>> connects the print job fails because it is now called

>>> redirected 3".

[Guest Saucer Man]

Re: Windows Server 2008 and redirected printer names

 

I tried the first link you sent but it didn't help. I will try to ask the

Scripting Guys from the second link. Thanks!

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message

news:Xns9B41D66CBB7EFveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

> No, I haven't. But have you tried this:

>

> For script code examples, see WMI Tasks for Scripts and

> Applications and the TechNet ScriptCenter Script Repository.

>

> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394585(VS.85).aspx

> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46710

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 24 okt 2008 in

> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>> Thanks for this info Vera. The Microsoft link doesn't exactly

>> show you how to write the script to remove the session number

>> for all the printers. Do you have this code?

>>

>>

>> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote

>> in message

>> news:Xns9B40D92AB5B84veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

>>> Check this out:

>>>

>>> Can I remove the session number from the redirected printer

>>> name?

>>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_printing.htm#sessionid_in_printer

>>> name

>>>

>>> _________________________________________________________

>>> Vera Noest

>>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>>

>>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 23 okt 2008 in

>>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>>

>>>> Is there a way to prevent the redirected printers in a client

>>>> session from displaying a number which changes after the word

>>>> "redirected"? This is causing an issue with applications that

>>>> remember the name of the last printer used. The application

>>>> might remember "redirected 2" and the next time a client

>>>> connects the print job fails because it is now called

>>>> redirected 3".

>

[Guest Saucer Man]

Re: Windows Server 2008 and redirected printer names

 

Does anyone know if RenamePrinter works on Server 2008? I can't seem to get

it to rename a printer.

 

 

"Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote in message

news:4905d01b$0$5754$cc2e38e6@news.uslec.net...

>I tried the first link you sent but it didn't help. I will try to ask the

>Scripting Guys from the second link. Thanks!

>

> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message

> news:Xns9B41D66CBB7EFveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

>> No, I haven't. But have you tried this:

>>

>> For script code examples, see WMI Tasks for Scripts and

>> Applications and the TechNet ScriptCenter Script Repository.

>>

>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394585(VS.85).aspx

>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46710

>> _________________________________________________________

>> Vera Noest

>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>

>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 24 okt 2008 in

>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>

>>> Thanks for this info Vera. The Microsoft link doesn't exactly

>>> show you how to write the script to remove the session number

>>> for all the printers. Do you have this code?

>>>

>>>

>>> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote

>>> in message

>>> news:Xns9B40D92AB5B84veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

>>>> Check this out:

>>>>

>>>> Can I remove the session number from the redirected printer

>>>> name?

>>>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_printing.htm#sessionid_in_printer

>>>> name

>>>>

>>>> _________________________________________________________

>>>> Vera Noest

>>>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>>>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>>>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>>>

>>>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 23 okt 2008 in

>>>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>>>

>>>>> Is there a way to prevent the redirected printers in a client

>>>>> session from displaying a number which changes after the word

>>>>> "redirected"? This is causing an issue with applications that

>>>>> remember the name of the last printer used. The application

>>>>> might remember "redirected 2" and the next time a client

>>>>> connects the print job fails because it is now called

>>>>> redirected 3".

>>

>

>

>

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Windows Server 2008 and redirected printer names

 

From the MSDN documentation for the RenamePrinter method:

 

Client Requires Windows Vista or Windows XP.

Server Requires Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003.

MOF Declared in Cimwin32.mof.

DLL Requires Cimwin32.dll.

Namespace Defined in \root\cimv2.

 

So yes, it should work on W2008.

But your script needs to impersonate a user account with at least

Power User rights to be able to rename the redirected printer.

 

I'd post to an MSDN forum, you're much more likely to get help

there.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/categories/

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

 

"Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 27 okt 2008 in

microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Does anyone know if RenamePrinter works on Server 2008? I can't

> seem to get it to rename a printer.

>

>

> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote in message

> news:4905d01b$0$5754$cc2e38e6@news.uslec.net...

>>I tried the first link you sent but it didn't help. I will try

>>to ask the Scripting Guys from the second link. Thanks!

>>

>> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote

>> in message

>> news:Xns9B41D66CBB7EFveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

>>> No, I haven't. But have you tried this:

>>>

>>> For script code examples, see WMI Tasks for Scripts and

>>> Applications and the TechNet ScriptCenter Script Repository.

>>>

>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394585(VS.85).aspx

>>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46710

>>> _________________________________________________________

>>> Vera Noest

>>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>>

>>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 24 okt 2008 in

>>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>>

>>>> Thanks for this info Vera. The Microsoft link doesn't

>>>> exactly show you how to write the script to remove the

>>>> session number for all the printers. Do you have this code?

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se>

>>>> wrote in message

>>>> news:Xns9B40D92AB5B84veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

>>>>> Check this out:

>>>>>

>>>>> Can I remove the session number from the redirected printer

>>>>> name?

>>>>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_printing.htm#sessionid_in_prin

>>>>> ter name

>>>>>

>>>>> _________________________________________________________

>>>>> Vera Noest

>>>>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>>>>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>>>>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>>>>

>>>>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 23 okt 2008 in

>>>>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>>>>

>>>>>> Is there a way to prevent the redirected printers in a

>>>>>> client session from displaying a number which changes after

>>>>>> the word "redirected"? This is causing an issue with

>>>>>> applications that remember the name of the last printer

>>>>>> used. The application might remember "redirected 2" and

>>>>>> the next time a client connects the print job fails because

>>>>>> it is now called redirected 3".

[Guest Saucer Man]

Re: Windows Server 2008 and redirected printer names

 

Thanks Vera. I will try another newsgroup.

 

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message

news:Xns9B44DBE19C116veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

> From the MSDN documentation for the RenamePrinter method:

>

> Client Requires Windows Vista or Windows XP.

> Server Requires Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003.

> MOF Declared in Cimwin32.mof.

> DLL Requires Cimwin32.dll.

> Namespace Defined in \root\cimv2.

>

> So yes, it should work on W2008.

> But your script needs to impersonate a user account with at least

> Power User rights to be able to rename the redirected printer.

>

> I'd post to an MSDN forum, you're much more likely to get help

> there.

> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/categories/

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>

> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 27 okt 2008 in

> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

>> Does anyone know if RenamePrinter works on Server 2008? I can't

>> seem to get it to rename a printer.

>>

>>

>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote in message

>> news:4905d01b$0$5754$cc2e38e6@news.uslec.net...

>>>I tried the first link you sent but it didn't help. I will try

>>>to ask the Scripting Guys from the second link. Thanks!

>>>

>>> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote

>>> in message

>>> news:Xns9B41D66CBB7EFveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

>>>> No, I haven't. But have you tried this:

>>>>

>>>> For script code examples, see WMI Tasks for Scripts and

>>>> Applications and the TechNet ScriptCenter Script Repository.

>>>>

>>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394585(VS.85).aspx

>>>> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=46710

>>>> _________________________________________________________

>>>> Vera Noest

>>>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>>>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>>>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>>>

>>>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 24 okt 2008 in

>>>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>>>

>>>>> Thanks for this info Vera. The Microsoft link doesn't

>>>>> exactly show you how to write the script to remove the

>>>>> session number for all the printers. Do you have this code?

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se>

>>>>> wrote in message

>>>>> news:Xns9B40D92AB5B84veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...

>>>>>> Check this out:

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Can I remove the session number from the redirected printer

>>>>>> name?

>>>>>> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_printing.htm#sessionid_in_prin

>>>>>> ter name

>>>>>>

>>>>>> _________________________________________________________

>>>>>> Vera Noest

>>>>>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>>>>>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>>>>>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>>>>>

>>>>>> "Saucer Man" <saucerman@nospam.com> wrote on 23 okt 2008 in

>>>>>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Is there a way to prevent the redirected printers in a

>>>>>>> client session from displaying a number which changes after

>>>>>>> the word "redirected"? This is causing an issue with

>>>>>>> applications that remember the name of the last printer

>>>>>>> used. The application might remember "redirected 2" and

>>>>>>> the next time a client connects the print job fails because

>>>>>>> it is now called redirected 3".

>