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RobertMariani User is Offline

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04/20/2010 11:55 PM
Hi All, I am having real difficulty with GPP Printers and Windows 7 x64 - windows XP x32 works great. When a user logs in, the workstation runs through all other policies but when it gets to printers just sits there saying "Applying Group Policy Printer Preferences" I have disabled both user and computer "point and print restrictions" with no luck. Print drivers on the print server are ok also. If we map manually to the printers it fine. Just when GPP is applied. Is there any way to see what printer the processing is setting stuck on? Or perhaps set a time out Thanks Regards, Robert

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04/21/2010 9:59 AM
Hi Robert, I remember having issues getting printers setup via GPP on Windows 7/Vista as well. Robert Singers pointed out this link on ActiveDir.org which I used to solve my problem - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/threa d/ab86bc47-3186-45ec-90e6-a36e7d083deb. I found the GPO setting didn't work for me so applied the associated registry keys instead as suggested by one of the posters, using GPP. I actually included them in the same GPO as my GPP printer installation and it works fine for me. However, Susan Bradley also pointed out the following MS KB article which sounds more like what you're experiencing (my machines didn't hang they just didn't install the printers) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;973772&sd=rss&sp id=12925 - Group Policy Preferences stops responding when you try to configure the printer item for printers that use third-party drivers on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer. Hope this helps Andrew From: Robert Mariani [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 20 April 2010 23:47 To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] GPP Printer Policy Hi All, I am having real difficulty with GPP Printers and Windows 7 x64 - windows XP x32 works great. When a user logs in, the workstation runs through all other policies but when it gets to printers just sits there saying "Applying Group Policy Printer Preferences" I have disabled both user and computer "point and print restrictions" with no luck. Print drivers on the print server are ok also. If we map manually to the printers it fine. Just when GPP is applied. Is there any way to see what printer the processing is setting stuck on? Or perhaps set a time out Thanks Regards, Robert

RobertMariani User is Offline

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04/21/2010 11:26 PM
Andrew - thankyou very much i have read the article from Susan and it appears to be exacally the situation. I will install the hot fix and see if we can get it working and advise. Regards, Robert Mariani Applications Manager -- The Buchan Group, Melbourne Architecture+Master Planning+Interiors+Graphics From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew McHale Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 6:54 PM To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [gptalk] GPP Printer Policy Hi Robert, I remember having issues getting printers setup via GPP on Windows 7/Vista as well. Robert Singers pointed out this link on ActiveDir.org which I used to solve my problem - http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/threa d/ab86bc47-3186-45ec-90e6-a36e7d083deb. I found the GPO setting didn't work for me so applied the associated registry keys instead as suggested by one of the posters, using GPP. I actually included them in the same GPO as my GPP printer installation and it works fine for me. However, Susan Bradley also pointed out the following MS KB article which sounds more like what you're experiencing (my machines didn't hang they just didn't install the printers) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;973772&sd=rss&sp id=12925 - Group Policy Preferences stops responding when you try to configure the printer item for printers that use third-party drivers on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer. Hope this helps Andrew From: Robert Mariani [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 20 April 2010 23:47 To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] GPP Printer Policy Hi All, I am having real difficulty with GPP Printers and Windows 7 x64 - windows XP x32 works great. When a user logs in, the workstation runs through all other policies but when it gets to printers just sits there saying "Applying Group Policy Printer Preferences" I have disabled both user and computer "point and print restrictions" with no luck. Print drivers on the print server are ok also. If we map manually to the printers it fine. Just when GPP is applied. Is there any way to see what printer the processing is setting stuck on? Or perhaps set a time out Thanks Regards, Robert

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