non admin user cannot connect to network printer

[Ehren]

Hello-

I have a sticky problem that is causing me grief. In one of our labs I this
command to connect a network printer and make it available to all users of
the computer:

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\server\%printername%

The command seems to have worked because when i connect with any user that
has admin rights the printer shows up and works just fine. However when i
log in with the normal account that would be used on the computer which is
just a normal user account the printer does NOT show up.

Also when I browse for the printer and right click on it and click connect
to connect it manually I get the following error:

"You do not have sufficient acces to your computer to connect to the
selected printer".

When I add this user to the local administrators group and log off and log
in, as I said the printer shows up and works. Then if i remove them from the
local administrators group and log off and log back on it does not and will
not even let me manually connect to it.

I am assuming that the error is why the printer is not showing up. Does
anyone have any ideas what I can do to give that user sufficient access to
the computer to connect to the printer?

Client OS is XP Pro SP2

Thanks!

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

Re: non admin user cannot connect to network printer

I suggest posting in the microsoft.public.winodwsp.print_fax newsgroup for
printer related issues like this.

Printer drivers can be quite ideosyncratic - what make and model of printer
is this?

Is the user account a local user account or a domain user account?

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"Ehren" <Ehren@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A393AF21-C8D2-40B8-B88D-0EA602A87F6A@microsoft.com...
> Hello-
>
> I have a sticky problem that is causing me grief. In one of our labs I
> this
> command to connect a network printer and make it available to all users of
> the computer:
>
> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\server\%printername%
>
> The command seems to have worked because when i connect with any user that
> has admin rights the printer shows up and works just fine. However when i
> log in with the normal account that would be used on the computer which is
> just a normal user account the printer does NOT show up.
>
> Also when I browse for the printer and right click on it and click connect
> to connect it manually I get the following error:
>
> "You do not have sufficient acces to your computer to connect to the
> selected printer".
>
> When I add this user to the local administrators group and log off and log
> in, as I said the printer shows up and works. Then if i remove them from
> the
> local administrators group and log off and log back on it does not and
> will
> not even let me manually connect to it.
>
> I am assuming that the error is why the printer is not showing up. Does
> anyone have any ideas what I can do to give that user sufficient access to
> the computer to connect to the printer?
>
> Client OS is XP Pro SP2
>
> Thanks!
>

 

[Ehren]

Re: non admin user cannot connect to network printer

I would have posted there but the issue involves ad and group policy and
domain users. And people in the Xp newsgroup wouldnt probably be able to
factor those things in.

I ended up figuring it out, ends up it was a long ways away from what I
thought, it ended up being an issue with the profile and not permissions at
all. I dont know exactly why but I remade the roaming profiles and then it
worked.

Thanks

"Bruce Sanderson" wrote:

> I suggest posting in the microsoft.public.winodwsp.print_fax newsgroup for
> printer related issues like this.
>
> Printer drivers can be quite ideosyncratic - what make and model of printer
> is this?
>
> Is the user account a local user account or a domain user account?
>
> --
> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>
> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>
>
>
> "Ehren" <Ehren@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A393AF21-C8D2-40B8-B88D-0EA602A87F6A@microsoft.com...
> > Hello-
> >
> > I have a sticky problem that is causing me grief. In one of our labs I
> > this
> > command to connect a network printer and make it available to all users of
> > the computer:
> >
> > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\server\%printername%
> >
> > The command seems to have worked because when i connect with any user that
> > has admin rights the printer shows up and works just fine. However when i
> > log in with the normal account that would be used on the computer which is
> > just a normal user account the printer does NOT show up.
> >
> > Also when I browse for the printer and right click on it and click connect
> > to connect it manually I get the following error:
> >
> > "You do not have sufficient acces to your computer to connect to the
> > selected printer".
> >
> > When I add this user to the local administrators group and log off and log
> > in, as I said the printer shows up and works. Then if i remove them from
> > the
> > local administrators group and log off and log back on it does not and
> > will
> > not even let me manually connect to it.
> >
> > I am assuming that the error is why the printer is not showing up. Does
> > anyone have any ideas what I can do to give that user sufficient access to
> > the computer to connect to the printer?
> >
> > Client OS is XP Pro SP2
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

Re: non admin user cannot connect to network printer

Good to hear your problem is solved.

Don't be put off by the name of the newsgroup
(microsoft.public.windows.print_fax); there are some people that respond to
posts in that newsgroup that are knowledgeable about domain environments,
including one or two from the Microsoft Printing product group.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/
It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.


"Ehren" <Ehren@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4F1E6221-8B68-4855-9BC7-8167430BB0FD@microsoft.com...
>I would have posted there but the issue involves ad and group policy and
> domain users. And people in the Xp newsgroup wouldnt probably be able to
> factor those things in.
>
> I ended up figuring it out, ends up it was a long ways away from what I
> thought, it ended up being an issue with the profile and not permissions
> at
> all. I dont know exactly why but I remade the roaming profiles and then
> it
> worked.
>
> Thanks
>
> "Bruce Sanderson" wrote:
>
>> I suggest posting in the microsoft.public.winodwsp.print_fax newsgroup
>> for
>> printer related issues like this.
>>
>> Printer drivers can be quite ideosyncratic - what make and model of
>> printer
>> is this?
>>
>> Is the user account a local user account or a domain user account?
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
>> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>>
>> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ehren" <Ehren@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A393AF21-C8D2-40B8-B88D-0EA602A87F6A@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello-
>> >
>> > I have a sticky problem that is causing me grief. In one of our labs I
>> > this
>> > command to connect a network printer and make it available to all users
>> > of
>> > the computer:
>> >
>> > rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /ga /n\\server\%printername%
>> >
>> > The command seems to have worked because when i connect with any user
>> > that
>> > has admin rights the printer shows up and works just fine. However
>> > when i
>> > log in with the normal account that would be used on the computer which
>> > is
>> > just a normal user account the printer does NOT show up.
>> >
>> > Also when I browse for the printer and right click on it and click
>> > connect
>> > to connect it manually I get the following error:
>> >
>> > "You do not have sufficient acces to your computer to connect to the
>> > selected printer".
>> >
>> > When I add this user to the local administrators group and log off and
>> > log
>> > in, as I said the printer shows up and works. Then if i remove them
>> > from
>> > the
>> > local administrators group and log off and log back on it does not and
>> > will
>> > not even let me manually connect to it.
>> >
>> > I am assuming that the error is why the printer is not showing up.
>> > Does
>> > anyone have any ideas what I can do to give that user sufficient access
>> > to
>> > the computer to connect to the printer?
>> >
>> > Client OS is XP Pro SP2
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>>