do not assign default printer?

[Kiriray]

Hello,

this is a weird question but is there a way to NOT LET windows assign a default printer? We are using Terminal service and this program which immediately looks at the default printer on the first drive it finds as its default printer and we don't want it use the default printer of the Server.... (we are trying to make the users have their local printers as the default printer)

thanks.

 

[GrnEyedLdy]

If I am understanding you correctly...

(we are trying to make the users have their local printers as the default printer)


If your users only have one printer installed, Windows will set it as the default, however if you simple install another printer (as you mentioned, a local one), you can then set that one as the default.

Is this what you meant?

 

[Kiriray]

the users are accessing a program through Canaveral iQ.
The Canaveral server (also a terminal services server)has a couple of printers attached to it. Of course, one of those printers will be a default printer, right?
Well, the users are remotely located, and they have local printers attached to their computers and each printer is set as default (locally)... the thing is, once the user accesses this program through Canaveral, it sees the Canaveral's default printer as it's default printer. So we're thinking if there's a way for printer(s) attached to a computer to NOT become a default printer....

i hope this makes more sense...

thanks.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Batch file in the startup of there pc? We have old dos programs that you can't set printers up in, worked for novell, not for w2k. We wrote net use \\lpt1 printername and put that in the startup. (I'm not sure of the syntax of the net use, it's been a year or so and I've never gone back and looked at it. I can get it if you need it.) Wouldn't want to put in their profile, unless you want them using that printer from different workstations. Just an idea. Not sure how it would work over ts. Glen A. Johnson
Microsoft Certified Professional
glen@nellsgiftbox.com


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[GrnEyedLdy]

Okay, I see what you mean. Once they Term Serv in, they are using your default printer on the Terminal Server. I don't know a way to get around having a default printer set. Couldn't find anything on that. Maybe as a work around solution you could change the permissions on those print devices so that those users don't have the right to print to them?

Just a thought...