Print Driver Installation

  • Section(s): Print
  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rated 1 out of 5 based on 1 votes.
You can restrict the ability to add print drivers to Administrators and Print Operators (on servers), and Power Users (on Workstations).

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Providers\LanMan Print Services\Services
Name: AddPrinterDrivers
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

The Windows NT Server Resource Kit includes enumprn.exe which you can use if you need to determine which printer drivers are installed on a system, enumprn will display all installed drivers, including the version number and supported platform. enumprn is a good utility to troubleshoot print servers where the clients download printer drivers from the server.

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