HOW TO: Create a Container to List Printers in Active Directory (303161)

SUMMARY

This article describes how to create a container in which to list your printers in Active Directory directory service.

By default, printers are not displayed when you use My Network Places to browse Active Directory. This article describes how to use the ADSI Edit tool that is included with the Microsoft Windows 2000 Support Tools to add a container in which to the list printers that are published in Active Directory. By doing so, users can either find the folder that contains the printers in My Network Places or add a network place to the folder that contains the printers.

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Create a Printers Container in Active Directory

To create a Printers container in which to list your printers in Active Directory:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Windows 2000 Support Tools, point to Tools, and then click ADSI Edit.
2. Expand Domain NC [DomainName], and then click DC=Domain, DC=com.
3. On the Action menu, point to New, and then click Object.
4. In the Select a class box, click container, and then click Next.
5. In the Value box, type Printers, and then click Next.
6. Click Finish.
   
   A CN=Printers container appears in the right pane of ADSI Edit.
7. Right-click CN=Printers, and then click Properties.
8. Click the Attributes tab.
9. In the Select a property to view box, click showInAdvancedViewOnly, and then click Clear.
10. In the Edit Attribute box, type false, click Set, and then click OK.
11. Quit ADSI Edit.
12. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
    
    The Printers container that you created appears in the list of directory objects.
13. On the View menu, click Advanced Features.
14. On the View menu, click Users, Groups, and Computers as containers.
15. Move the printers that you want to the Printers container.
16. Quit Active Directory Users and Computers.

Note: The procedure in this article requires that printers are published in Active Directory. For additional information about how to publish printers in Active Directory, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: back to the top