I have set up a printserver on a network with approx. 40 different printers. Initially we would have the user go to the printserver by typing in the search bar (windows 7)\\printserver then double click on the printer they wanted to install, but that only installs for that user. I would like to write a .bat file to run at startup to install a selected printer for all users that log onto the machine, most of our computers have windows 7 32bit, there are a few 64bit as well as a few XP machines. Our printserver is on a VM running Server 08 R2 Standard. I would also like to create a logon script for the same thing but to only have it for certain staff/faculty members. Is there a way this can all be done by Group Policy as well? Oh and it would be great to have the printers be set as default as well. Any help will be greatly appreciated...ThanksT

You can use Rundll32 and printui.dll for this. These links will give you a good start: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189105 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624057(WS.10).aspx

Cool thanks - I looked those over and there is some good info to get started.T