Category: Windows 2000 only

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.

This policy setting hides the welcome screen that is displayed on Windows 2000 Professional each time the user logs on. If you enable this policy setting the welcome screen is hidden from the user logging on to a computer where this policy is applied. Users can still display the welcome screen by selecting it on the Start menu or by typing “”Welcome”” in the Run dialog box. If you disable or do not configure this policy the welcome screen is displayed each time a user logs on to the computer. This setting applies only to Windows 2000 Professional. It does not affect the “”Configure Your Server on a Windows 2000 Server”” screen on Windows 2000 Server. Note: This setting appears in the Computer Configuration and User Configuration folders. If both settings are configured the setting in Computer Configuration takes precedence over the setting in User Configuration. Tip: To display the welcome screen click Start point to Programs point to Accessories point to System Tools and then click “”Getting Started. “” To suppress the welcome screen without specifying a setting clear the “”Show this screen at startup”” check box on the welcome screen.