Re: Users need printer and driver install rights

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 11:41:58 -0800

mjb765 wrote:

> It is not a matter of network or local printers. The users are in a
> domain environment during the day, but need to be able to add their
> own home printer to XP so that they can print when home. The get
> errors saying that they don't have the proper permissions to do this.
> We can't make them local admins of the laptops to solve this and I am
> looking for another way. "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> See Bruce Sanderson's article at:
>> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>> www.coribright.com
>>
>> "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4EB3DF31-5BEB-4DEE-AB07-9D70DF90F134@microsoft.com...
>> >I have 350 xp laptops in domain environment and I am having a
>> >problem. I
>> > can't find aywhere within XP or group policy on Windows 2000 server
>> > to give
>> > these network users printer and hardware install rights. Can
>> > anybody help????
>> >

I'm not a domain expert by any means, but MVP Lanwench addressed using
company (domain) laptops in a home network as follows:

"Note - you don't need to change to a workgroup just to access resources
on it. You shouldn't play with your laptop's network settings at all.
Once you've logged in using your domain account (using cached
credentials), and have an IP address on the home network, you can map
drives, use printers, whatnot, very easily - one way, in a command
line:

net use x: \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username <enter>"

So maybe this would solve your problem?

Malke 

-- 
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
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