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How do I enable/disable printers to be listed in the Active Directory?
John Savill
May 17, 2000
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A. Active Directory allows printers to be listed in the Directoryhowever its possible to control if printers can be listed or not for domains,OU's etc via a group policy setting:
Start the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in (Start - Programs - Administrative Tools - Active Directory Users and Computers)
Right click on the domain and select Properties
Select the Group Policy tab
Select the 'Default Domain Policy' object and click Edit
Expand Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Printers
Double click 'Allow printers to be published'
Select Enable or Disable and click Apply then OK
Close the Group Policy and the MMC snap-in
If this is not set then by default users will be able to list printers in theActive Directory.
The policy 'Automatically publish new printers in Active Directory' if set ornot configured will result in all shared printers being listed automatically. Ifset to disabled then printers are not automatically published
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