How To Install Printer Drivers From A Trusted Print Server (129830)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q129830
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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SUMMARY

Windows NT allows you to install printer drivers from a trusted print server share, rather than from the remote print server that your print service is connected to.

MORE INFORMATION

To install printer drivers from a trusted print server:

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
  1. Run Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE).
  2. From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following key:

    SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Providers\LanMan Print Services\Servers

    NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped for readability.

  3. From the Edit menu choose Add Value.
  4. Add the following:
          Value Name:   LoadTrustedDrivers
      Data Type:    REG_DWORD
      Data:         1
  5. From the Edit menu choose Add Value.
  6. Add the following:
          Value Name:   TrustedDriverPath
      Data Type:    REG_SZ
      String:       \\<server name>\<share name>
    Add a Unicode string representing the path from which the user can install printer drivers. That path represents the trusted print server shares (for example, \\computer\print$\w32x86). This is not a path, but a single trusted print server that has the drivers installed, not a share with the image of a CD-ROM.

  7. Quit Registry Editor.
  8. Stop and restart the Spooler service.
Note: Microsoft has tested this information on Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3 and Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/6/2003
Keywords:kbprint KB129830
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