@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

I went down and got french fries and caprese sandwiches for everyone from the panini truck.

The f*** is a panini truck?!

@Sparkum said in Allow non administrator users to install printers:

@Grey

That sounds awesome, I can only imagine how much time my lower tier spends on installing these stupid things.

o.O

The PM tool is part of Windows 7+, chief. It's not a tiered tool or anything.

@Sparkum said in Allow non administrator users to install printers:

@Dashrender

Hmm very interesting and awesome!

Thanks guys, looks like I have my project for tomorrow.

Honestly, if you use the print management tool, you'll be done before lunch.

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Out for coffee with my wife, because both girls are in after school clubs on Tuesdays!!!

Youtube Video

Peruvian roasted chicken from Pollo Lima in Denver. Amazing. So good. The chicken just falls off the bone.

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey Must be one of those "He's only mostly dead, not all dead" things.

Miracle Max, the patron saint of CPR.

LOL they had a class in this meeting room recently for CPR and the board has "Phase 1, check air passage" etc, etc, and then another heading, "Dead," with another next to it, "Really Dead." I was not aware that there were different classifications of being dead.

Stuck in a meeting.

I have to watch my sugar levels. For life.

@Sparkum said in Allow non administrator users to install printers:

@Grey

I assume this isnt actually the case?

"The Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) schema must use a Windows Server 2003 R2 or Windows Server 2008 schema version."

lol no. I use 2012. I think it means 2003 or above. My FL is 2008.

@Dashrender said in Allow non administrator users to install printers:

As @JaredBusch mentioned - I do this.

I have print queues setup for all of my printer types on the server. This then has the drivers installed on the server. When you create the printers in your GPO, you can set them up as IP direct printers, but you still point them to the print server to get the driver. This has worked very well for my remote locations where I don't have a print server. The machine gets the GPO, then adds the printer and downloads the driver from the remote print server, but after that, prints IP direct.

It will only print 'direct' if you have enabled Branch Office Direct Printing.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134156(v=ws.11).aspx

@Sparkum said in Allow non administrator users to install printers:

Hey all.

So for the drivers for GPO I assume I'm going...

User configuration>Policies>Software Settings>Published Applications> then add my printer driver.

Then for permissions I would go

Computer configuration>Policies>Window Settings>Security Settings>Local Policies>Devices>>Devices:Prevent user from installing printer drivers: Disabled

And

Computer configuration>Policies>Administrative Template>Printers>>

Users can only point and print to these servers: Disabled
Enter fully qualified server names separated by semicolons
Users can only point and print to machines in their forest Disabled

Security Prompts:
When installing drivers for a new connection: Do not show warning or elevation prompt
When updating drivers for an existing connection: Do not show warning or elevation prompt
This setting only applies to:
Windows Vista and later

Is there anything else that would need to be added?
Or something I should remove?

And some of you are suggesting a printer server, so would you esentially do one server that has upwards of 50+ printers on it?

Thanks

No, use the print management tool. Through that, add the printer(s) to the server, then add them to the directory, then add the GPO. All of this is through the print management tool.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753109(v=ws.10).aspx

@dengelhardt said in Allow non administrator users to install printers:

@Sparkum ,
I use GPOs to install and manage printers across 12 locations. Even the CEO is for it.

+1 for GPOs and a central print server.

Is there a DFS-like service for printers?

I made pancakes for breakfast and had them with agave syrup, eggs and bacon.

Tonight, I'm making these.

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Driving home, GPS says midnight

80 miles an hour? I can totally text, drive, take a picture, drive, and read from my phone. And drive.

PUT THE PHONE DOWN BEFORE A BIKER KILLS YOU.

@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Wondering why no one wants to hire me?

I asked you to apply here.

@scottalanmiller said in What did you have for lunch or dinner today?:

Caprese sandwich.

I prefer Caprese salad as long as the mozz is quality.

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Grey said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just arrived in the St. Louis area. Stopping at Panera for lunch and to get some work done until a meeting later.

Nice shirt. Do those come in men's sizes?

@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just arrived in the St. Louis area. Stopping at Panera for lunch and to get some work done until a meeting later.

I can only like this once. So I had to post myself so I can like it again

Did you realize what the undershirt is?

Blue?
Also:
Youtube Video – [00:21..]

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just arrived in the St. Louis area. Stopping at Panera for lunch and to get some work done until a meeting later.

Nice shirt. Do those come in men's sizes?

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

Playing a hidden object game with the kids and @ryanov

I thought that was a game you only play with your wife?