Microsoft KB Archive/230168

= Terminal Server Does Not Support User Mode Printer Drivers =

Article ID: 230168

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition

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This article was previously published under Q230168



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



SYMPTOMS
When you use a third-party printer driver to print, no output is generated and the server may stop responding (hang). When you print to a file, the resulting file size is 0.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition does not provide support for this type of extension.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, Service Pack 5.



MORE INFORMATION
User-mode printer drivers can be used for modification of the data to be printed. Other uses may be for additional security checks for submitting a print job.

You can find out if a particular printer driver uses a user-mode printer driver when you look into the registry under the following registry setting:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\ \PrinterDriverData There should be a SPLUserModePrinterDriver entry with the name of the DLL file containg the user-mode printer driver.

Additional query words: tse wts

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB230168

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