Con2prt.exe vista

What could take multiple guys 2 hours or more each to find is accessed in around 15 minutes on Experts Exchange. All rights reserved. Covered by US Patent. Come for the solution, stay for everything else. Welcome to our community! We have been using the con2prt. Now with the new server , Vista and 7 generation, this tool won't do it anymore. With Vista it runs very slow. With 7 RC1 the question pops up if you trust this printer and if so you can run the install after a administrator login.

We have been testing the server option to deploy the printer with group policy in Vista and 7. But this doesn't work, the printers don't appear unless you first install the printer drivers manually as administrator. Login Add Article F. Browse By: Tags Authors Date. Network Printing Problems in Vista ISSUE 1 I do not know if you have noticed, but here is another big problem with vista when humnet user tries to install network printer.

By default regular users are not permitted to install network printers. Here is a Solution Microsoft has to offer and I think we should add it to our image if we ever going to use vista: In run Type : gpedit.

Now the user is not asked for permission when they try to add a network printer. Alternative Solution installing network printer for user on logon : Another method requires the popular con2prt. Review Article Is this article out of date? This removes the stress and time commonly associated with managing print queues and makes their deployment a breeze! It can often be difficult and frustrating to manage users on BYOD devices but Mobility Print is simple to set up, works across multiple platforms and provides a native mobile printing solution.

This article was contributed by Frank from Rowland Medical Library. In our implementation of PaperCut used for PrintTracking , we wanted users that sat at any one Reference PC, to be able to print to the printer that was beside it. The reality is that all the printers are connected to the network print server and not directly to any PC.

Other considerations, each patron has their own account and uses that to access any PC and to print. Other notes:. Printers are not listed in Active Directory. For lab printers the sequence is important, the last listed printer will be default! Categories: How-to Articles , Legacy Articles. As a company full of techies we know how important a well supported product is.