Hello,

I am currently running a printer startup script via a batch file off of a
Win2k server for Win2k clients, however when I attempt to run the startup
script for WinXP clients I am unsuccessfull.  The batch I use is below:

Create a batch file (e.g. printers.bat) containing lines of the following
form (the PrintUIEntry bit is case-sensitive):

rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\printer1
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\printer2
rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\printserver\printer3

Is there any reason the script will run for Win2k but not for XP?  If so,
does anyone know a workaround?

Thanks in advance!

Gidday,

I tried a few years ago to make adding a printer via the "PrintUIEntry", but
maybe I wasn't case sensitive.  Might have to re-visit that one.

So I used the NT Resource Kit file "con2prt.exe" and the following script:

################ Start Script ########################
@echo off

REM *****************************************
REM Created by Wocka 26/10/04
REM Script is to set up printers on users
REM workstations
REM *****************************************

REM ***************************************
REM copy con2prt.exe to the root dir of the
REM workstation to install and remove printers
REM for the user.
REM /c connects the printer to the workstation
REM /cd Connects the printer to the workstation and makes it the default
REM ***************************************

echo ******************************************
echo.
echo Please wait while the Network Printers are
echo         added to your computer
echo.
echo ******************************************

IF NOT EXIST c:\con2prt.exe copy %logonserver%\netlogon\con2prt.exe c:\

REM ***************************************
REM To set up a printer
REM ***************************************

c:
cd\

con2prt /f

cls

echo ******************************************
echo.
echo Please wait while the Network Printers are
echo         added to your computer
echo.
echo ******************************************

con2prt /cd \\server\hp2300
con2prt /c \\server\s4500


exit
################ End Script ########################

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Springside wrote:
Show quoteHide quoteThe script runs fine on my XP machines. What's the error message you got?

Yimin Wei

It is strange, I do not get an error message. The script seems to run fine,
upon startup you see startup script run, it searches for the printers, then
when I logon the printers are not there?

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Did you schedule the script to run during system startup under admin
credential? If so, the printers would be added under that admin account
but not your account.

Springside wrote:
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Yes I did schedule the script under admin credential, but I am an admin, so
that should not matter, correct?  In addtion, the script works great as a
logon script rather then a startup scritp in XP, I'm begining to think that a
logon script is the only way to make it work.

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