Redirected Printer in Win 2008 server vs Win 2003 server

[Guest Daniel]

In Win 2003 server, we can freely share a redirected printer with a different

name, or change security permissions after RDP client connection.

However, in Win 2008 server, this privilege is gone. The share buttons and

security permission settings are all greyed out. A work around is to take

ownship of the printer and the desired sharing function or security

permission setting function come back for that session. After log off and log

back on again, the "greyed out" state comes back. The account for logging on

is already the local administrator, but that doesn't help. Before taking over

ownership, only the "SYSTEM" group has all printer management rights.

Please help on how to restore the Win 2008 server to have the same

convenience of sharing and permission setting functionalities as in Win 2003

server. Thanks.

[Guest Munindra Das [MSFT]]

Re: Redirected Printer in Win 2008 server vs Win 2003 server

 

Unfortunately this is by design for security reasons and there is no work

around unless you log in as the built in administrator.

 

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Thanks!

 

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"Daniel" <Daniel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> In Win 2003 server, we can freely share a redirected printer with a

> different

> name, or change security permissions after RDP client connection.

> However, in Win 2008 server, this privilege is gone. The share buttons and

> security permission settings are all greyed out. A work around is to take

> ownship of the printer and the desired sharing function or security

> permission setting function come back for that session. After log off and

> log

> back on again, the "greyed out" state comes back. The account for logging

> on

> is already the local administrator, but that doesn't help. Before taking

> over

> ownership, only the "SYSTEM" group has all printer management rights.

> Please help on how to restore the Win 2008 server to have the same

> convenience of sharing and permission setting functionalities as in Win

> 2003

> server. Thanks.