Printer group policy on windows 2003 SBS?

DJRepresent · 10-19-2008, 11:12 PM

Hi,

My client owns a 2003 SBS server (not R2 I believe). I would like to set forth a policy that will automatically allow all domain users to able to access the office's printers at logon. Is it possible?

DJ

dhnt · 10-20-2008, 01:16 AM

The easiest way would be to use a .vbs logon script to a group policy within an OU in the domain.

Set WSHNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
WSHNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "<Name of Printer>"

Save the file as .vbs in a shared resource clients can connect to (Read permissions). Target this file using group policy to run at logon:

User Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts > Logon

Hope this helps,
Dan.

10-19-2008, 11:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
DJRepresent Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 31 OS: Windows 7 Professional	Printer group policy on windows 2003 SBS? Hi, My client owns a 2003 SBS server (not R2 I believe). I would like to set forth a policy that will automatically allow all domain users to able to access the office's printers at logon. Is it possible? DJ

10-20-2008, 01:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
dhnt Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 8 OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM	Re: Printer group policy on windows 2003 SBS? The easiest way would be to use a .vbs logon script to a group policy within an OU in the domain. Set WSHNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") WSHNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "<Name of Printer>" Save the file as .vbs in a shared resource clients can connect to (Read permissions). Target this file using group policy to run at logon: User Configuration > Windows Settings > Scripts > Logon Hope this helps, Dan.