[WEB4LIB] Disabling print dialog box in IE (PWB)

[Chris Murphy]

You can use a group policy to disable browsing the network to find a 
printer. I use this approach on Win2K public stations with PWB, and the 
print dialog brings up only the locally installed printers.

In your group policy, disable User Configuration>Administrative 
Templates>Control Panel>Printers>Browse the Network to Find Printers.

I also enable disabling and hiding (I love Microsoft's double negative 
group policy terminology) network browsing through Windows Explorer. The 
settings I use are in User Configuration>Administrative 
Templates>Windows Components>Windows Explorer...

Hope this helps,

Chris Murphy

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Christopher Murphy
Information Systems Manager
The Community Library, Ketchum, Idaho
chrism at thecommunitylibrary.org
http://www.thecommunitylibrary.org


Mister B wrote:
> Our network people are trying to upgrade our thin
> client servers to windows 2k. However in their tests
> they have found that w2k allows our full network to be
> visible in the print dialog box in IE (or public web
> browser). At present our choice seems to be to deny
> access to this dialog box (hence no print preview) or
> not to upgrade. Neither is acceptable.
> 
> Scott of Team Software Solutions has kindly offerred
> to try to find out how to change the registry settings
> for IE such that the drop down list to select a
> printer is disabled. I had a wild hope that the
> cognoscenti of this list might have already figured
> this out.
> 
> Has anyone else encountered this problem? Have you
> found a solution?
> 
> Desperate for a solution,
> 
> Greg
> Burnaby Public Library
> British Columbia
> 
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