I have this problem that has cropped up from time to time on several different workstations on my LAN: Server 2008 printer server Deploying mostly HP, mostly 64-bit printers via broup policy. Windows 7 64 clients (we are standardized now, but have seen this also on XP) Printer's status will change to "Driver needs Updated" even though driver on client is the same as the version on the server. Activating "Update Driver" from the RC menu will show a dialog copying files, but the printer status will not change, and if printing, user will be prompted to update driver again (which will never complete). If you try to delete the printer, you get "Access is Denied" error. Mapping a local port to the printer's IP and using the existing driver results in a working printer. User is local administrator, and has permissions for all of the print managment functions from the server. I cannot find good instructions on manually removing network printers deployed per user by Group Policy, nor have I found any workable solutions to the rest of the problem. I am trying one more time before opening a MS support case. James A. Helfer | COMPUTER SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR WTW ARCHITECTS | PITTSBURGH PA

Hi, You may navigate to key in registry. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer and find NoDeletePrinter and NoAddPrinter ->if you find them remove them, then restart. Also, you may refer to the similar thread below. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-AU/itprovistaprinting/thread/e907e7e0-99fd-4f35-bedb-c058558aab78 Regards, Juke TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com. Juke Chou TechNet Community Support

Hi, Any update?Juke Chou TechNet Community Support

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