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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Remove Old Printer Connections, List Printers, and Set New Default Printers?

May 20, 2009 May 20, 2009 05/20/09
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Well it finally happened. Our budget request for new printers was approved. We have gotten them unboxed, distributed, and hooked up to the LAN. We have even downloaded the latest drivers from the Internet, and updated the firmware on several of the printers. The drivers are installed on the print servers, and the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use WMI to Add a Printer Connection by Using Windows PowerShell?

May 19, 2009 May 19, 2009 05/19/09
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to determine how to use WMI to add a printer connection by using Windows PowerShell. I have found this script, but it uses VBScript and not WMI. This means that it is not very close at all, I am afraid. Do you have a WMI script I can use?- CM(image) (image) Hi CM,Ed looked around, but he did not find ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Document Printer Usage on Client Workstations?

May 18, 2009 May 18, 2009 05/18/09
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am tasked with the problem of documenting printer use on our client workstations. I must be able to determine whether someone prints directly to a printer, or if they are printing through our print servers. This is important because we have purchased a print monitoring software package that is used to back-charge...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Remove All the Network Printers on a Computer?

November 2, 2007 Nov 2, 2007 11/2/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to delete or remove all network printers from a workstation with a VBScript script, similar to the way you removed all the network drives on a computer?-- WDC(image) (image) (image) Hey, WDC. If you’ve been following our daily TechEd preview report, then you know that the Scripting Guys have ...