Changing default printer

[Guest AJ]

Hello,

 

When users connect to our W2K3 Terminal server they cannot change the

default printer mapping. The server will randonly choose a different default

printer for the user and then the user cannot change to the correct default

printer. In the past the default printer would be set to the Micrsoft

Document & Imaging printer and the user would attempt to change to their

default network printer. They right click the network printer and choose set

as default. The screen would flash and nothing would happen. I've deleted

the user profile and allowed it to recreate and still the same behavior.

 

The server is running SP2 and all of the latest patches. The drivers for

the printers in question are loaded on the server. No errors in event

viewer.

 

Any ideas? Please tell me someone has seen this before.

 

thx.

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Changing default printer

 

Check if this helps:

 

933996 - A user who is logged on to a Windows Server 2003-based

Terminal Server cannot configure a printer as the default printer

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=933996

 

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

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=?Utf-8?B?QUo=?= <AJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 06 nov

2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hello,

>

> When users connect to our W2K3 Terminal server they cannot

> change the default printer mapping. The server will randonly

> choose a different default printer for the user and then the

> user cannot change to the correct default printer. In the past

> the default printer would be set to the Micrsoft Document &

> Imaging printer and the user would attempt to change to their

> default network printer. They right click the network printer

> and choose set as default. The screen would flash and nothing

> would happen. I've deleted the user profile and allowed it to

> recreate and still the same behavior.

>

> The server is running SP2 and all of the latest patches. The

> drivers for the printers in question are loaded on the server.

> No errors in event viewer.

>

> Any ideas? Please tell me someone has seen this before.

>

> thx.