Power Users and adding printers

w^rl0rd

The technotes on this site state that
Only members of the Administrators are allowed to install Local printers.
but Sybex says
To create a new printer, you must be logged on as a member of Administrators or Power Users.

Which one is it?

Does Sybex mean that Power Users can add network printers?
I know that a user needs the "Load and unload device drivers" right and that only Administrators have it by default on my machine.

Can someone clear this up?

spudnik

Well according to this http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/f6e01e51-14ea-48f4-97fc-5288a9a4a9b1.mspx Microsoft say that power users cannot install device drivers, so i suppose if the drivers are allready installed (i.e allready in the driver.cab) then in theory they should be able to add the printer

TEQUILA

I did some reading in my MS book and I did find a note that says a Power user can install a Local printer

In my experience....this is not true..I am a member of the a Domain Power User group and can not add a Local Printer. I can add a Network printer. I'm not sure if this is because the network Admin may have removed some printing permissions that I wasn't aware of. I don't believe that he did, as I had to have the ability to add printers, so the network Admin made me an Admin of all PC's that I would be adding printers to.

The MS note that I read does not indicate if this is rule for a Workgroup or a Domain environment.

This probably doesn't help you much..sorry

tarez

Yeah only admins can install drivers however from my reading power users can plug a printer in and install it. Even users can install devices like usb external HDs etc if the drivers are already in place from an admin.

Upon some further reading it seems you have to grant the power users the "Add the Load and unload device drivers" right.


http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prdl_pif_nfrr.asp

http://www.pcbanter.net/archive/index.php/t-811143About-add-local-printer.html

looks like a change between 2k and xp