Have you ever wondered if there is a way to allow a Standard Domain User to install network printers on their Windows 7 client computer without being prompted for administrative credentials? The following Blog Post which I have created provides you with the necessary information to guide you through the process and steps to enable this ability. • This document Applies to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate x86 and x64 • This document contains information with regards to Point and Print Environments • The User Account which is going to make the following changes needs to be a member of the Domain Administrators group. If you have any questions or concerns with the following document please contact Microsoft Support. Informational Overview: Consider the following scenario: • You have a computer running Windows 7 which is connected to a Windows Server 2003 Domain. • You log onto the computer with a domain user account as a Standard user. • You connect to a Print Server to install a printer either by Point and Print or UNC path (i.e.

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After the initial download of the driver you will be prompted with a User Account Control (UAC) dialog requesting administrative credentials as seen in the below image. In this scenario, the user will not be able to install the printer unless the administrative credentials has been entered.

The same issue will occur if you assign a domain policy on the Windows 2003 Domain Controller and disable the Point and Print Restrictions to the User. This is the default behavior for Windows 7 Point and Print Restrictions and is the expected behavior to display the User Account Control (UAC) dialog prompting for administrative credentials. Driver Hp Psc 1410 All-in-one For Windows 7. This is NOT isolated to a specific printer or vendor, and will occur even if the printer is using in-box printer drivers.

We will walk through some of the group policy information related to Point and print Restrictions. We will review the default Point and Print Restrictions on a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller as well as walk through the process to allow a Standard Domain user to install a network printer on a Windows 7 client without being prompted for credentials.

Windows Server 2003 Group Policy: To begin, we need log onto the Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller and open Active Directory Users and Computers from Control Panel >Administrative Tools. We then right-clicked on the domain (as in our example the domain is KDSCN.COM) and choose New Organizational Unit (OU) and called it “Windows 7 Point and Print”. To create a Point and Print Restrictions policy on the Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller, we need to right-clicked on the OU and choose Properties and selected the Group Policy Tab. From there we click the “New” button which creates a default policy. We called this policy “Windows 2003 and XP” as you can see in the below image. Selecting the policy and clicking Edit we can then expand both the Computer Configuration and User Configuration. You will note that there is NO “Point and Print Restrictions” listed under Computer Configuration.

“Computer Configuration Administrative Templates Printers” Under User Configuration you will see the “Point and Print Restrictions” policy which is by default set to “Not configured” “User Configuration Administrative Templates Control Panel Printers” Opening the Properties for the “Point and Print Restrictions” will allow us to choose either Not Configured (which is the default), Enabled, or Disabled Below is an explanation of Windows Server 2003 and XP “Point and Print Restrictions” Policy This policy setting restricts the servers that a client can connect to for point and print. The policy setting applies only to non-Print Administrators clients, and only to machines that are members of a domain. When the policy setting is enabled, the client can be restricted to only point and print to a server within its own forest, and/or to a list of explicitly trusted servers. When the policy setting is not-configured, it defaults to allowing point and print only within the client’s forest. When the policy setting is disabled, client machines can point and print to any server. Even though you modify the policy and set it to Disabled. And then assign the policy to a domain User.