From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] on
Shibin <shibin(a)txctech.com> wrote:
> I'm following this guide to deploy printers using GPO. The vista
> clients work fine. The XP ones do not. I get stuck at second part of
> step 5
> "Copy the PushPrinterConnections.exe file to this location and then
> close the window."
>
> When I try to copy/paste the file, I get "destination folder access
> denied". I've also tried dragging the file, same result.
>
> I'm using a custom created GPO under the SBSComputers OU.
>
> The destination folder permission shows domain admins with full access
> however the read-only property is checked and greyed out.
>
> SBS2008std

Maybe OT, but you don't need to use pushprinters ...just assign the printers
via GPO.



From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] on
Shibin <shibin(a)txctech.com> wrote:
> I tried that, but it only installs on the Vista clients. On XP, I have
> to manually install them. I've done "gpupdate /force" and also tried
> restarting.

Do you have the Client Side Extensions & XMLLite installed? (If you have IE7
or IE8, and/or WinXP SP3 the latter should be there already)

CSE here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E60B5C8F-D7DC-4B27-A261-247CE3F6C4F8&displaylang=en

>
>
> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>> Maybe OT, but you don't need to use pushprinters ...just assign the
>> printers via GPO.