Printers deployed by Group Policy Preferences disappeared during GP refresh processing

Question

I am testing deployment of print queues using GP preference. All clients are Win 7. Replace mode is used so that the print queues can be updated if they are renamed on server side. Also set to remove the printers when GP is out of scope. I found that all
the printers disappeared during GP refresh processing which happens every 90 to 120 mins by default. Then repopulated. As most of them are utilizing HP universal print driver so the repopulation usually take 5 to 10 minutes to complete.
To stop the refresh I attempt to set maxnogpolistchangesinterval registry value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\GPExtensions\{BC75B1ED-5833-4858-9BB8-CBF0B166DF9D} to 960 (16 hours). As users shutdown computer
daily so this should eliminate the refresh processing on printers. But the reg key can be writted only by SYSTEM. Administrators have read access only. Looks like anything under the key should not be modified.
Is there something I can set so that printer processing happens only during computer startup?

Answer 1

HelloForest,
To achieve the requirement, you can try the following solutions:
1.     Create
a startup script to deploy the registry value;
How Can I Use the RunAs Command to Run a Script Under Alternate User Credentials?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2006/04/28/how-can-i-use-the-runas-command-to-run-a-script-under-alternate-user-credentials.aspx
2.     Create
a custom .adm to deploy the registry value;
Writing Custom ADM Files for System Policy Editor
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/225087
Brent Hu,
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