Set default printer group policy

I am deploying our new printers via group policy. We have a new printer in place and I am fairly familiar on how to actually deploy them. I am deploying the printers MOSTLY by user configuration and with that method, I am able to easily delete old printers and set the correct one as a default.
However, We have some computers that have multiple users. In that case, I am deploying the printers as a Computer configuration, not an employee configuration. My question is, how can I set the newly deployed printer as a default for all users that log on to that particular computer? Thank you.
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Default printer Group Policy

I am deploying our new printers via group policy. We have a new printer in place and I am fairly familiar on how to actually deploy them. I am deploying the printers MOSTLY by user configuration and with that method, I am able to easily delete old printers and set the correct one as a default.
However, We have some computers that have multiple users. In that case, I am deploying the printers as a Computer configuration, not an employee configuration. My question is, how can I set the newly deployed printer as a default for all users that log on to that particular computer? Thank you.
This topic first appeared in the Spiceworks Community

I am deploying our new printers via group policy. We have a new printer in place and I am fairly familiar on how to actually deploy them. I am deploying the printers MOSTLY by user configuration and with that method, I am able to easily delete old printers and set the correct one as a default.
However, We have some computers that have multiple users. In that case, I am deploying the printers as a Computer configuration, not an employee configuration. My question is, how can I set the newly deployed printer as a default for all users that log on to that particular computer? Thank you.
This topic first appeared in the Spiceworks Community

Group Policy - Computer Startup Scripts - Add/Set Default printer

Good Morning.
Let's say we have 2 offices, A and B, and only 1 user. The user is using Roaming Profiles. Each office has its own printer.
What I am trying to do, is make a Startup script that is specific to the COMPUTER being logged into so when any user logs into that computer, they get the printer in that office defined and set as default.
I am able to do this successfully with my script but ONLY if i have the script be on the USER side of GP (i.e. in the Logon script section)
That is great that that is working however, when my user goes to Office B, they still get mapped to Office A's printer if I use that method.
So I figured I could just modify my GP and run the same script from the STARTUP section of the computer, rather than the LOGON section of the user. It does not work.
Here is my script:
Set WRFCUNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
PrinterPath = "\\fileserver\MAINTELLER"
PrinterDriver = "PrinterDriver"
WRFCUNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection PrinterPath, PrinterDriver
WRFCUNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\fileserver\MAINTELLER"
This is where I Have the script placed:
     Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Scripts(Startup/Shutdown)
Once i'm in there, I double click Startup, click Add, and select my script which is named:
     MainPrinterSetup.vbs
I have this GP applied to ONE OU, and that OU has ONE computer in it (my test computer)
I login with a brand new user called "testuser" (creative, huh?) and basically nothing happens
except they log in and have some Microsoft Document Image Writer printer set as default (which by the way sure does slow the PC down to the point of it almost being broke if anyone actually tries to print to that by accident)
No Main Teller Printer, no anything.
The strangest part about this is, if i apply this script to the user LOGON scripts, it works fine, the printer is there, and is set as default. (but see above why that wont work for my situation)
So obviously the script works fine, but I guess i'm missing something when it comes to applying GP's to Computers rather than Users.
Can anyone shed some light as to why the script is not running (i'm guessing the script isn't even attempting to run, rather than failing, but i have no way to know that)
Thank you in advance!!
Derek Conlon
Network Administrator
WRFCU
EDIT: Here are the PC's info that i'm working on:
     Server: Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (where my GP's are created and managed with AD)
     Target PC: Windows XP Professional SP3
EDIT #2: I manually navigated to the Script file after logging in and "opened" it and it added and set the default printer no problem. the issue is definately with the script running at startup.

I wanted to clarify a few things:
1. While it is true that printer connections are usually per user, it is definitely possible to create "global printers". There are a number of ways to do this, but two methods that come to mind are using:
a. "Rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry" option with the "/ga" switch. The "/ga" switch is the key here since it allows you to deploy printers "per machine" instead of "per user". More information
about this is available at:
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/NetPrinterAllUsers.htm
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624057%28WS.10%29.aspx
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/logon_printer_computer.htm
http://www.robvanderwoude.com/2kprintcontrol.php
b. The Print Management console that is available in Windows 2003 R2 and higher can help you deploy printers "per machine" in addition to "per user". More information about this is available at:
http://www.czsolution.com/print-management/print-management/print-management-console.htm#DeployingPrintersByGroupPolicy
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753109%28WS.10%29.aspx
2. As Guy mentioned, Group Policy Preferences can help set the default printer. But there is another way to accomplish this. The problem with the computer startup portion is that it runs before the user logs in. And applying this script
in the login script section would not work per computer unless you used loopback processing. So another way to do this is to place a script that sets the default printer into the "All Users" startup folder. Items in the "All Users"
startup folder run for any user that logs into the computer, but it runs in the user's context. So, this script would effectively set the default printer on a "per machine" basis. The script method is a cruder way to approach the problem,
but it will help get the job done. Here are some resources on setting the default printer via script:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/index.php/2007/08/set-default-printer-from-a-script
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/ezine/ezine17.htm

Uninstall IE and set another web browser such as Chrome and FireFox as default using Group Policy

Hi there,
Please can anyone instruct me on how to uninstall IE and set another web browser such as Chrome and FireFox as default using Group Policy. Your help would be much appreciated.
Kind regards,
RocknRollTim
P.S. I was redirected by a forum user off the Microsoft Community forum.

IE can't be uninstalled. It's part of the operating system and cannot be removed. You can hide the icon but the engine is still on the machine and still must be updated.
This is a topic best suited for a Group policy forum.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en
US/home?forum=winserverGP
Step one is to install the Chrome ADMX templates - see the link below for more detais:
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Setting default printer with printers deployed via print management

Would like to set default printer on a windows 7 workstation to a printer deployed through group policy using print management. However whenever machine reboots the defualt changes to a local printer XPS or something else.
HOw can I set the default printer to one of the deployed printers?

Even though this is a "machine" connection, the connection is created in each users security context. Default printers are tied to user profiles and settings.
I'm sure what is happening is the connection is getting created after the system sets a default or the network path is not yet available when the default printer is set.
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Set Default Printer based on user setting using Powershell script

Hi
I would like to create a script that runs on user log off and captures the default printer (set manually by the user) and then another script to reapply the settings (saved upon log off) when the user logs back in.
This is because local printers are set as default printer (PDF Creator Programs) when we all use Network Printers so this means a user has to set default printer to the network printer all the time.
I have found this script to start with:
$Printer = Get-WmiObject -namespace root\cimv2 -Query “select * from Win32_Printer Where Default = TRUE” -Impersonation 3 | select name | out-file C:\temp\Printer.txt
But the out file looks like this:
name
\\PrinterserverName\Accounts01
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M
Maelito

Hi Maelito,
According to your description, you want to export the default printer name to text file, then read this printer name from text file and set the default printer via Powershell:
#save printer name to text file
Get-WmiObject -namespace root\cimv2 -Query “select * from Win32_Printer Where Default = TRUE” -Impersonation 3 | select -ExpandProperty name | out-file C:\temp\Printer.txt
# read printer name from text file and set default printer
$name=get-content C:\temp\Printer.txt
(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Printer -Filter "Name='$name'").SetDefaultPrinter()
If there is anything else regarding this issue, please feel free to post back.
Best Regards,
Anna Wang
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How can I set default printer options on an iMac for an HP pro 8500 printer to print in draft mode?

How can I set default printer options on an iMac for an HP pro 8500 printer to print in draft mode?

When you use the Canon driver, the 2 sided printing is set in a different location. There is an entire menu dedicated to it (at least on my mx892). The printer dialog box has a menu selector in the middle of the screen (I think it says "layout" by default). If you click on it, you will see the duplexing options at the bottom. Much more flexibility than the single checkbox available with "airprint". The interface is unusual (at least for me) but you can pre-set up many different configurations (Fast Duplex, Fine Single-sided, B&W, Photo, etc etc.)

Setting Default Printer via GPP

We have several PC Labs for our Students, and normally we have 2 printers per lab. We would like to have half of the lab printing to one printer and the other half of the lab printing to the other printer. I have been successful in deploying
the correct printer to the PC's, but cannot seem to get the Default Printer set.
I created 2 Computer Groups for the Labs, then used Item level Targeting to determine which group gets which printer. Regardless of where I set the Default Printer - either as part of the Computer Group Policy (Under User Configuration) or as part
of the Students' Default Login policy - the printers still do not set as Default.
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you may be facing this issue:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2787598?wa=wsignin1.0
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Remote Desktop connection - Set URL by group policy

on our 2008 R2 DC we do not have a "RemoteApp and Desktop Connections" entry and so i cant
set the Default URL of the RDS web , how i can have an admx for this policy or any work around in order to set the URL by group policy, by the way i have an rds 2012 R2 and DC 2008 R2 and all clients are using thin clients with windows 8 embedded.

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[SOLVED] Problems with setting default printer in Libreoffice

Everytime I print in Libreoffice it complains about me not having set the default printer. Where do I do that in Libreoffice or is it refferring to my setup in cups? Also in systemsettings under KDE4 when I try to manage my printer and I try to set it as default I get the following error:
Der opstod en fejl under CUPS-handlingen: "client-error-forbidden".
EDIT: Fixed by setting default under cups administration.
Last edited by fettouhi (2013-12-08 14:48:04)

mahen wrote:
bkadoctaj : this is actually exactly what I did as well. It works, although there is still a strange behaviour compared to under Ubuntu for instance :
- The printer wasn't detected, I had to add it from the CUPS web interface
- Libo complains about "no default printer" although I definitely set it as default in the aforementioned interface
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Hmm, weird... as far as I can tell LibO is using my CUPS-defined default printer as its default. Thanks for the feedback - you made me glad that I wasn't posting something irrelevant lol.
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Default domain Group Policy

Hello,
In my new company, I noticed that the default domain controllers policy has been (largely) modified.
I thought it was a best practice to keep it clean (In case of restore).
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Hi,
Just a confirmation, did you mean that want to overwrite some settings in the
Default Domain Controllers Policy?
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Set default printer in Photoshop CS4

I'm a long-time Photoshop user (since Photoshop 3), upgraded to CS4 many months ago, and just updated my printer. It is one of these all-in-one jobs that prints, copies, and faxes. It has two printer device drivers: one for normal printing and one for the fax function. The problem is (I think) that it seems to default in Photoshop to the fax function. Therefore, when I try to print out a 4x6 photo @ 200ppi, it still defaults to 8 1/2 x 11 format (that you would get with a fax machine).
In CS4, from the main menu, File > Print. In the pop-up it says 8.5 ins x 11in. I checked [X] Scale to fit Media, and now it says print resolution 109ppi (yikes ... I wanted 200ppi). "Bounding Box" was checked as a default, so I left it checked (what is that, anyway)? The 8.5 x 11 does not go away. Clicked [Print].
A Print menu pops up. It says, for some strange reason, HP Officejet Pro 8500 A909g Series fax ... yikes ... in last screen it didn't say fax, so I selected the 8500 option without fax (presume that is the printer). Clecked Preferences, and got "Printing Preferences" popup. My default printing shortcut was selected (which is for mornal B&W draft-quality text) -- so I checked Photo Printing-Borderles. Paper size defaluted to Borderless 4x6in, HP Advanced Photo Papers, Best Quality, grayscale off, and changed orientation from landscape to Portrait. Under "Features" Basic Options were HP Advanced Photo Papers, Best Quality, Portrait (instead of Landscape) ... paper size was set to Borderless 4x6in. Print in Color. Clicked OK. That closed the Popup and returned me to the Print panel. Clicked "Print"
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Photoshop CS4 uses an old (introduced in Win16?) printing API that limits the printer name length to 30 or 31 characters. With your printer name, that gets you halfway into "Series" and anything past that will be ignored.
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