cannot install network printers without administrator access

When it pops up with the UAC prompt, is there a password option? The whole point of UAC is User Account Control.

I will try to replicate this though, and see what I come up with.

~Lordbob

This link may be of some help:

how to allow all user install printer

I was not able to replicate the problem. Perhaps you have UAC turned up a level higher?

~Lordbob

I don't think there's any way around it. When you lock down the system, unfortunately it prevents a standard user from installing any printer.

coparofl said:

hello thanks for your reply

we have on the image UAC set to never notify,

are you sure your logged on as a standard user?

Odd. I used standard settings (I created a standard user and tried to add a printer).

~Lordbob

Your trying to install a network printer shared from a print server? does it prompt for credentials when it tries to install the driver?

How exactly are you trying to install the printer?

My usual method is to go to \\printserver\ and double click on the printer. If you do not have the proper access windows will prompt for admin creditials when it tries to install the driver.

If this is the way you are doing your printer installs I dont believe there is a way around it, there may be a gpo you can push out for local computer policies. If your using win2k8 server, you may be able to push printers out using the new GPO's in win2k8.

Try it this way then:

Open devices and printers
Add Printer
Networked Printer
Let it scan, or choose not listed (then type in the location, ie \\server\printer)
Let it install drivers

Does that work?

~Lordbob