| Subject: Vista machine not holding default printer setting. |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan |
| Date: 7/11/2008 10:51:02 AM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?d2luZHN0YXIy?= [Email Address Protection] |
one of our vista machines will not hold the default printer setting. it keeps coming unchecked. any suggesstions? Thanks. |
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| Subject: Re: Vista machine not holding default printer setting. |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan |
| Date: 7/11/2008 6:14:43 PM |
| From: "Alan Morris [MSFT]" [Email Address Protection] |
What is the OS of the print server you connect to? Was the connection created using Add Printer or was this a logon script or other method? What is the print driver used in the connection? Is there another shared printers on another machine that you can connect using Add Printer and set as default? What is the value under the default printer key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Device? Is the printer status "Ready" when setting as the default or is it in some other status. I'll assume you are logged on as a domain user that does not have admin rights on the machine. Can you set the default printer using the command line tools included in Vista? If this is possible then it points to a UI issue if it's not then we might get an error. \windows\system32\printing_admin-scripts\en-us prnmngr.vbs -t sets the default printer C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US>cscript prnmngr.vbs -ac -p "\\server\printer" Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Added printer connection \\\server\printer C:\Windows\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\en-US>cscript prnmngr.vbs -t -p "\\server\printer" Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. The default printer is now \\server\printer -- 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. "windstar2" <windstar2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1620F836-27D5-4617-A7F2-91D6A30DA8D8@microsoft.com... > one of our vista machines will not hold the default printer setting. it > keeps > coming unchecked. any suggesstions? > > Thanks. |
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