Install printers network without Local administrator rights in windows 7

I need enable general users select the printers on our field network and install them without administrator password prompt. is it possible. or the administrator needs to install permanently. It is a feature of windows built-in to protect the pc from things being installed on this subject. I tried a few soultions and none of them worked. I tried to allow non-administrative install and put the GUID for printer in there, and it did not work. the only way I can get this to work is by adding the drivers on the PC as an administrator and then the local user can install the printer. because the driver is already installed.

It worked for me... found this after I posted above. hope this helps some of you having the same problem. I did it on my local pc not the domain GPO if it would work in two places.

There are TWO settings of "Restrictions of Point and print"

  • Computer Configuration/policies/Administrative Templates/printers/Restrictions point and print
  • User Configuration/policies/Administrative Templates/Control Panel configuration/Printers/Point and Print Restrictions
Of these two, under the Computer Configuration seems to be an important. But guess what? The original Server 2008 does not include this parameter in the list - you must Server 2008R2 for this setting is displayed. If you download the Server 2008 R2 administration models, extract and copy to C:\Windows\sysvol\domain\Policies\PolicyDefinitions PolicyDefinitions folder, this missing policy will magically appear in the Group Policy Management Editor. Of course, Server 2008 R2 ADMX files causes Group Policy Management Editor of Server 2008 of tocomplain of errors of analysis, but it works very well to click 'OK '.
Once you have installed the appropriate ADMX files, to make it work under Windows 7, configure both of these "Restrictions of Point and print" settings to:
  • Activated
  • Security prompts, when installing drivers for a new connection = not display warning or rapid rise
  • Security prompts, when installing drivers for a new connection = not display warning or rapid rise
Also, remember to ensure that users have the permission to install printer drivers, since you don't even try to use more administrator privileges:
  • Computer Configuration utilisateur\strategies\modeles Templates\System\Driver Installation
  • The setting is called "allow the non-administrateurs to install drivers for these device setup classes."
  • You need to add the printersdevice GUID class : {4d36e979-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Don't forget to update the strategy on the workstation computer by running the command "gpupdate/force". Log in as a non administrator user and test! It worked for me with a boring Konica Minolta bizhub C550 driver fax which was causing my win7 administrator for privileges users when the logon script tried to install the driver for them. YMMV.
Good luck!

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