logon script to add printers

[weckev]

I am trying to add printers to XP clients using logon scripts on a 2000 Server PDC. The logon script already maps drives so the set up is correct. The syntax doesn't do anything.

I'm not using any special scripting tools. Just editing the existing .bat file with notepad.
I've tried

net use lpt1: \\servername\printershare

and

Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
WshNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\PrintServer1\printershare"
WshNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\PrintServer1\printershare"

with no luck. The print server is different from the PDC and I have been able to map a drive to the print server, so the connection is good.

 

[ChicagoTechNet]

this may help. quoted from

http://www.chicagotech.net

How to setup a default printer based on a network group

' Add a network printer if the computer is a member of the group.
' Make this printer the default.
If IsMember(objComputer, "information_system") Then
objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\chicagotech\cc041hp4050"
objNetwork.SetDefaultPrinter "\\chicagotech\cc041hp4050"
End If


Robert Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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