We are not admins on our computers. It seem to me that Win7 (Windows 7) do not let me add printers. It asks me for approving printer drivers. A dialogue comes up: Do you trust this printer? Windows needs to download and install a software driver from \\server computer to print to <printer name>. ... I've disabled User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel/Printers > Point and Print Restrictions However it still asks me for confirmation. The exact same policy works fine on Windows Vista with UAC enabled.

I am experiencing the exact same issue. I have disabled the same policy and recieve the same message. I know it works in Vista also, I have a GPO applied to several OU's. I hope somebody reviews this thread quickly and has a response.

Hello Microsoft? Are you planning to work against us on this one? I see newer builds still have this message. Are you planning to enforce us to use the new GPO's?

Have you checked Local Security Policies -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options "Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers"?Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)

Thanks for your input Sanmartin :) However I now tested this and it's still the same annoying "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue.

News! Found this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd162838(VS.85).aspx. Look under "dw flags":"Windows7: In Windows7 and later versions of Windows [o-ho!], if this flag is set and the user is running in elevated mode, the Do you trust this printer? dialog will not be shown." Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)

Thanks for the info. Not sure if I understand, as the user is not elevated. Anyways, I'm not sure how Microsoft expect us to map printers.

I'm no technician, but from what I understand from the quote, you must be in elevated mode or you will get the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue.Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)

yes that is true. however it does not solve my problem at all.

Out of curiosity if you answer yes to this dialogue can you then install your printer?If you were to install the driver through the device manager it may not ask.

Out of curiosity if you answer yes to this dialogue can you then install your printer?If you were to install the driver through the device manager it may not ask.

Yes would install, however it will bother the user a LOT if you have like 10 printers which we mostly deploy to our users at different offices, depending on where he/she logs in to.

These settings have been moved to the Local_Machine hive for Windows 7. You need to use a Windows 7 machine to manage the two sets of policies (Machine for Windows 7, User for Pre-Windows 7)If you do it this way, you won't have any issues.

For a corporateenvironment Re-package your printer drivers to deploy automatically from a single executable. If it isn't Mr. Seven it's not.

For a corporateenvironment Re-package your printer drivers to deploy automatically from a single executable. If it isn't Mr. Seven it's not.

It has been brought to my attention that this problem is also present in the RTM release. So I wonder why this move Microsoft? Also, even when confirming each printer, each printer install takes a very long time.

The Userbased GPO did also not work on Win 7 but the GPO fixed the problem on Vista. (User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel/Printers > Point and Print Restrictions) This settings applies to: Windows Vista and later (or should apply) Now I found annother policy which is in computer-based: (Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Printers > Point and Print Restrictions) I made some test with the local (gpedit.msc) policy. And it worked! The strange thing was: I did not find this policy on Vista :-/ But this policy also applies to Vista and later... I configured a GPO for our Forest: User can only P&P to these servers => Disabled User can only P&P to machines in ther forest => Enabled When installing drivers for a new connection => Do not show warning or elevation prompt When installing drivers for an existing connection => Do not show warning or elevation prompt I hope this will fix your problem. PS: The policy works fine with UAC enabled Also see the Solution from 'matambanadzo'

I think you just made my day! :) Thank you very much.

The answer DOES work. Thank you!For everyone else who stumbles upon this page, I'm going to clarifybecause the answer is not very clear.If you want print drivers to add automatically when the user logs in without itprompting to "Install Driver" do this:Inthe computer's Group Policy Object:Find: Computer Configuration > Policies > Adminstrative Templates > Printers > Point and Print Restrictions> Change it to Enabled> Change the following settings:Users can only point and print to these servers>Unticked (Disabled)Users can only point and print to machines in their forest> EnabledWhen installing drivers for a new connection> Do not show warning or elevation promptWhen updating drivers for an existing connection > Do not show warning or elevation promptIf the computer is on during this process, run "gpupdate /force /boot" in the command line. (without quotes)After the restart it should add the printers in the login scriptthat apply to the user logging in without prompting to install anydrivers.

No Problem... Thank you for your "how to" ;-)

Hi. To comment on the resolution below. I am deploying scripts via Group Policy on Windows 2003 R2 domain to Windows 7 clients. As with others who have posted the scripts run OK for both XP and Vista clients. The options detailed below are not available on the server. Any answers as to how to manage printer deployment globally? w If you want print drivers to add automatically when the user logs in without itprompting to "Install Driver" do this:Inthe computer's Group Policy Object:Find: Computer Configuration > Policies > Adminstrative Templates > Printers > Point and Print Restrictions> Change it to Enabled> Change the following settings:Users can only point and print to these servers>Unticked (Disabled)Users can only point and print to machines in their forest> EnabledWhen installing drivers for a new connection> Do not show warning or elevation promptWhen updating drivers for an existing connection > Do not show warning or elevation promptKind Regards, Phil.IT Manager

I just found out that Computer Configuration > Policies > Adminstrative Templates > Printers > Point and Print Restrictionsis only editable trough windows 2008 r2 server. good to know...

Thanks! Nice 2 know :) Best Regards Alex

“Do you trust this printer?” – a workaround Problem I was trying to print from a netbook running W7 Starter edition to a printer server running Vista. I continually got the message “Do you trust this printer”. Every time I said “Yes” and every time the netbook downloaded the printer driver from the Vista server, even though it had done this irritatingly time-consuming action many times before. Solution To cut a long story short, I stumbled upon the option on the Printer Shares page “Render print jobs on client computer”. I unchecked the box on the Vista printer server and the problem disappeared immediately. Command sequence To summarise: On the computer acting as printer server running Windows Vista, the command sequence is: Start/Settings/Control Panel/Printers/Right-click Default Printer/Sharing/Change sharing options/Agree to continue/uncheck “Render print jobs on client computers” The client computer is a Samsung N140 Netbook running Windows 7 starter edition, the printer is a Samsung ML1640 attached to the server computer (HP Pavilion tx 2000 Notebook running Windows Vista Home Premium) I appreciate the home environment is a long way from the way this thread started, but I would like to thank the participants in the discussion for leading me to somewhat indirectly to this solution.

Hi Hoenderdos. Do you perhaps have the reg key for this setting as I do not have w2k8 R2, only W2k8 server. Many thanks in advance.

I am havinga a related issue that no one else seems to have... I do not have the Point and Print setting listed under Computer Configuration. It is under User Configuration, however. In order to get the Point and Print setting listed under Computer Configuration, what must I do?

Also, I found this link which seems to mimic this thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverGP/thread/8c7f439c-be8c-4511-99fd-566985522673?prof=required

I found the Point and Print setting for the default local GPO (Windows 7 Pro), but cannot find the setting in the Server 2003 forest functional level domain GPO I am trying to configure.

I have tested the Point and Print setting for the default local GPO and it works... :) Now I just need to find the setting within the domain based policy...

I have found the source of my problem: The templates loaded in the central store were out of date. Having updated them, I can now see the Point and Print settings for Windows 7. Case closed!

Can you tell me how to update the template :) I'm having the same issue

Hi there, This works great on Windows 7 clients. Has anyone discovered a group policy edit that works in windows server 2003? Trying to save myself from doing this 100 times. Thanks

Same problem here. I have a windows 2008 R2 Server, and there is NO "point and print restrictions" under Computer configuration, so how can i set this? I do not want to go to each win7 workstation to set this. Anyone found a solution?

Could you explain us in detail how to update "the tamplates" please? i have the same problem

Could you explain us in detail how to update "the tamplates" please? i have the same problem Type "gpedit.msc" in the "Run" box. The detail please refer : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463359

thank you for this link that explains how this GPO works but I have been more specific in my request: how can we update on win 2003/2008 server the "Computer Configuration > Policies > Adminstrative Templates > Printers > Point and Print Restrictions" (from win7 ? other?) i have 200 PC with win7 to manage so i won't go on each one to configure it to resolve the problem when i can do it once on the server ^^! vendredi 18 juin 2010 16:07Techie_Jones I have found the source of my problem: The templates loaded in the central store were out of date. Having updated them, I can now see the Point and Print settings for Windows 7. Case closed!

i have 200 PC with win7 to manage so i won't go on each one to configure it to resolve the problem when i can do it once on the server ^^! http://globalknowledgeblog.com/technology/microsoft/how-to-support-windows-7-group-policy-settings-using-only-windows-server-2003-domain-controllers/

thanks A LOT!

thanks A LOT! it works and it's very easy to do actually