Tag: Computer Configuration
Add Printer wizard – Network scan page (Managed network)
If you enable this policy setting it sets the maximum number of printers (of each type) that the Add Printer wizard will display on a computer on a managed network (when the computer is able to reach a domain controller e. g. a domain-joined laptop on a corporate network. ) If this policy setting is disabled the network scan page will not be displayed. If this policy setting is not configured the Add Printer wizard will display the default number of printers of each type: Directory printers: 20 TCP/IP printers: 0 Web Services printers: 0 Bluetooth printers: 10 Shared printers: 0 In order to view available Web Services printers on your network ensure that network discovery is turned on. To turn on network discovery click “Start” click “Control Panel” and then click “Network and Internet”. On the “Network and Internet” page click “Network and Sharing Center”. On the Network and Sharing Center page click “Change advanced sharing settings”. On the Advanced sharing settings page click the arrow next to “Domain” arrow click “turn on network discovery” and then click “Save changes”. If you would like to not display printers of a certain type enable this policy and set the number of printers to display to 0.
Custom support URL in the Printers folder’s left pane
By default the Printers folder includes a link to the Microsoft Support Web page called “Get help with printing”. It can also include a link to a Web page supplied by the vendor of the currently selected printer. If you enable this policy setting you replace the “Get help with printing” default link with a link to a Web page customized for your enterprise. If you disable this setting or do not configure it or if you do not enter an alternate Internet address the default link will appear in the Printers folder. Note: Web pages links only appear in the Printers folder when Web view is enabled. If Web view is disabled the setting has no effect. (To enable Web view open the Printers folder and on the Tools menu click Folder Options click the General tab and then click “Enable Web content in folders. “) Also see the “Activate Internet printing” setting in this setting folder and the “Browse a common web site to find printers” setting in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Printers. Web view is affected by the “Turn on Classic Shell” and “Do not allow Folder Options to be opened from the Options button on the View tab of the ribbon” settings in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer and by the “Enable Active Desktop” setting in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Desktop -> Active Desktop.
Isolate print drivers from applications
Determines if print driver components are isolated from applications instead of normally loading them into applications. Isolating print drivers greatly reduces the risk of a print driver failure causing an application crash. Not all applications support driver isolation. By default Microsoft Excel 2007 Excel 2010 Word 2007 Word 2010 and certain other applications are configured to support it. Other applications may also be capable of isolating print drivers depending on whether they are configured for it. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting then applications that are configured to support driver isolation will be isolated. If you disable this policy setting then print drivers will be loaded within all associated application processes. Notes:-This policy setting applies only to applications opted into isolation. -This policy setting applies only to print drivers loaded by applications. Print drivers loaded by the print spooler are not affected. -This policy setting is only checked once during the lifetime of a process. After changing the policy a running application must be relaunched before settings take effect.
Activate Internet printing
Internet printing lets you display printers on Web pages so that printers can be viewed managed and used across the Internet or an intranet. If you enable this policy setting Internet printing is activated on this server. If you disable this policy setting or do not configure it Internet printing is not activated. Internet printing is an extension of Internet Information Services (IIS). To use Internet printing IIS must be installed and printing support and this setting must be enabled. Note: This setting affects the server side of Internet printing only. It does not prevent the print client on the computer from printing across the Internet. Also see the “Custom support URL in the Printers folder’s left pane” setting in this folder and the “Browse a common Web site to find printers” setting in User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Printers.
Hide previous versions of files on backup location
This policy setting lets you hide entries in the list of previous versions of a file in which the previous version is located on backup media. Previous versions can come from the on-disk restore points or the backup media. If you enable this policy setting users cannot see any previous versions corresponding to backup copies and can see only previous versions corresponding to on-disk restore points. If you disable this policy setting users can see previous versions corresponding to backup copies as well as previous versions corresponding to on-disk restore points. If you do not configure this policy setting it is disabled by default.
Prevent restoring remote previous versions
This setting lets you suppress the Restore button in the previous versions property page when the user has selected a previous version of a file on a file share. If you enable this policy setting the Restore button is disabled when the user selects a previous version corresponding to a file on a file share. If you disable this policy setting the Restore button remains active for a previous version corresponding to a file on a file share. If the user clicks the Restore button Windows attempts to restore the file from the file share. If you do not configure this policy setting it is disabled by default. The Restore button is active when the previous version is of a file on a file share.
Hide previous versions list for remote files
This policy setting lets you hide the list of previous versions of files that are on file shares. The previous versions come from the on-disk restore points on the file share. If you enable this policy setting users cannot list or restore previous versions of files on file shares. If you disable this policy setting users can list and restore previous versions of files on file shares. If you do not configure this policy setting it is disabled by default.
Prevent restoring local previous versions
This policy setting lets you suppress the Restore button in the previous versions property page when the user has selected a previous version of a local file. If you enable this policy setting the Restore button is disabled when the user selects a previous version corresponding to a local file. If you disable this policy setting the Restore button remains active for a previous version corresponding to a local file. If the user clicks the Restore button Windows attempts to restore the file from the local disk. If you do not configure this policy setting it is disabled by default. The Restore button is active when the previous version is of a local file.
Hide previous versions list for local files
This policy setting lets you hide the list of previous versions of files that are on local disks. The previous versions could come from the on-disk restore points or from backup media. If you enable this policy setting users cannot list or restore previous versions of files on local disks. If you disable this policy setting users cannot list and restore previous versions of files on local disks. If you do not configure this policy setting it defaults to disabled.
Prevent restoring previous versions from backups
This policy setting lets you suppress the Restore button in the previous versions property page when the user has selected a previous version of a local file in which the previous version is stored on a backup. If you enable this policy setting the Restore button is disabled when the user selects a previous version corresponding to a backup. If you disable this policy setting the Restore button remains active for a previous version corresponding to a backup. If the Restore button is clicked Windows attempts to restore the file from the backup media. If you do not configure this policy setting it is disabled by default. The Restore button is active when the previous version is of a local file and stored on the backup.