Microsoft KB Archive/129830

= How To Install Printer Drivers From A Trusted Print Server =

Article ID: 129830

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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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 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q129830



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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.

 Run Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE). 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.

 From the Edit menu choose Add Value.  Add the following:      Value Name:   LoadTrustedDrivers Data Type:   REG_DWORD Data:        1

 From the Edit menu choose Add Value.  Add the following: <pre class="fixed_text">     Value Name:   TrustedDriverPath Data Type:   REG_SZ String:      \\ \

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, \\ \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.

</li> Quit Registry Editor.</li> Stop and restart the Spooler service.</li></ol>

Note: Microsoft has tested this information on Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3 and Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1.

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Keywords: kbprint KB129830

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