Did Microsoft forget to include a Default Printer change when using the
Hardware Profile functionality? I use a different printer at home from my
office printer. Does anybody know how to set a different default printer
from the Hardware Profile selection at boot up?

"Bruce Sanderson" wrote:

> The default printer setting is a per user setting (part of the user's
> profile), so it pretty well has to be set while the user us logged on.
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> It can be set either of these two commands:
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> rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /n printername
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> or
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> cscript prnmngr.vbs -t -p printername
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> In both cases, printername can be either a local printer's name or the name
> of a network printer (e.g. \\servername\printername). If the printername
> contains spaces or other special characters, enclose it in qoute marks.
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> These commands can be put into a logon script or into a command file in the
> All Users\Startup folder.
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> The script - prnmngr.vbs is available only on Windows XP and Windows Server
> 2003. It is in %systemroot%\system32.
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> Original question:
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> What I really need is some kind of utility to make a particular network
> printer the default for all users. From the hours and hours I've spent
> looking online, I am far from alone in my quest. Microsoft has an article
> 307016 that involves registry editing etc but that is far from ideal.
> Do you know of any utilities that can do what I need? I am not a VB
> programmer by any means but I could manage to create a form with a couple of
> controls and a bit of code.
> Do you have any ideas, pointers or inspiration?
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> Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
> http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders
>
> It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.
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