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Old 01-05-2006, 06:46 AM
Linn Kubler
 
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Default Setting a default printer?

Hi,

I was just wondering if it's possible to set a system wide default printer?
Let's say I have a brand new XP workstation with Office 2003 installed.
Office installs something called the Microsoft Office Document Image Writer,
which is the system wide default printer. So every new user who logs in,
getting a new profile, has this printer set as the original default
regardless what other printers I've installed. End result is that every new
user complains that they can't print and they try to install their own
printers. This is very agravating to everyone involved.

Is there a way I can specify a different printer to be the main default
printer? I searched the registry but didn't see anything obvious. If I
could do this remotely too it would great.

Thanks in advance,
Linn


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