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Chevy · 09-25-2006, 02:13 PM

One of my workstations is sharing a USB printer. However, the AD says it is not available.

I believe the AD is showing a relic, instead of the newer shared printer. How do I go about cleaning/forcing the AD changes?

**Cellus** · 09-25-2006, 07:54 PM

Did you add the printer as a network printer on your print server? I mean I understand you're sharing the printer locally at the workstation, but was the "profile" added to the print server, or is the workstation acting as the print server for that printer? Is it being shared simply by a share name or TCP/IP port?

You may be able to force AD to recognize a shared printer by running a search query in AD - I know on occasion doing this makes AD realize something is there, don't ask me why it just does.

09-25-2006, 02:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chevy Retired Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,452 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Active Directory Fault One of my workstations is sharing a USB printer. However, the AD says it is not available. I believe the AD is showing a relic, instead of the newer shared printer. How do I go about cleaning/forcing the AD changes?

09-25-2006, 07:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cellus Moderator Networking Team Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,664 OS: Windows Vista Business SP1, Windows XP Professional SP3 My System	Did you add the printer as a network printer on your print server? I mean I understand you're sharing the printer locally at the workstation, but was the "profile" added to the print server, or is the workstation acting as the print server for that printer? Is it being shared simply by a share name or TCP/IP port? You may be able to force AD to recognize a shared printer by running a search query in AD - I know on occasion doing this makes AD realize something is there, don't ask me why it just does. __________________ TSF Networking Team Virus/Trojan/Spyware Removal Help Donate!