GPP for printers and print driver / Mapping problem

Hi everyone

Following KB5005652 from Microsoft that fix some security flaw (CVE-2021-34481) it’s now reported that some GPP can have difficulty to map the printer.

If it cause problem a registry key can be changed to allow the mapping and driver installation.

Keep in mind that registry key don’t need a restart, so it can be enable and disabled easilly in your GPO sequence.

The registry is: RestrictDriverInstallationToAdministrators

The location is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint

You need to set it to 0 (DWORD)

It can be scripped that way too;

reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\PointAndPrint” /v RestrictDriverInstallationToAdministrators /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

You can put it back on 1 after your last GPP has applied.

Thanks

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Windows 11 Release

Hi everyone !

For a follow-up on another blog post I did, where an Windows 11 ISO was available, but still in preview, now it’s available for real.

To get it please go to this link. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11)

Happy upgrading 🙂