Microsoft KB Archive/911913

= How to redirect the default printer of a Terminal Services client to a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server session =

Article ID: 911913

Article Last Modified on 3/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



SUMMARY
This article discusses a registry entry and a hotfix that you can use to redirect the default printer of a Terminal Services client to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server session. When you redirect the client's default printer, the load on the server may be significantly reduced, especially when lots of printers are used by many users.



MORE INFORMATION
To redirect a Terminal Services client's default printer to a Terminal Server session, apply the hotfix to the clients that connect to the Terminal Server. Then, add the registry entry to the client's Windows registry.

Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

How to modify the registry to configure default printer redirection on a Terminal Services client
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To configure default printer redirection on a Terminal Services client, add the RedirectDefaultPrinterOnly registry entry to the Windows registry. To do this, follow these steps:  Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. In the left pane, locate and then click the following registry subkey:

Note To configure default printer redirection for only the current user, locate and then click the following registry subkey instead:

 On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. Type RedirectDefaultPrinterOnly, and then press ENTER. Double-click RedirectDefaultPrinterOnly, type 1 in the Value data box, and then click OK.

Note Type 0 in the Value data box to disable the registry entry. Setting the value data to 0 turns off default printer redirection. On the File menu, click Exit to quit Registry Editor.</ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the terminology that is used in this article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbwinserv2003sp2fix kbfix kbhowto kbhotfixserver kbqfe KB911913

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