Monday, September 21, 2015

Windows 7: Do you trust this printer?

On my Windows 7 devices my users have been receiving the below message when tring to attach to a new printer
do_you_trust_printer_error.png

Cause:

A security feature that was added in Vista and Windows 7 called “Point and Print Restrictions”

Solution:

  1. Create or edit a GPO that targets the effected computers.
  2. Edit the policy Administrative Templates => Printers => Point and Print Restrictions Enable the policy and change the options to match the below
  • User can only point and print to these servers => Un-ticked
  • User can only point and print to machines in their forest => Ticked
  • When installing drivers for a new connection => Do not show warning or elevation prompt
  • When installing drivers for an existing connection => Do not show warning or elevation prompt

do_you_trust_printer_gpo.png

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