Slow printer browsing

[Dfig]

Hello all. We run Active Directory on a 2003 Server. Most of our workstations are XP Pro and Win 2000. When you try to add a network printer through ADD A PRINTER wizard it takes a very long time to come back with the available printers list(about 8 min. and even longer at our remote sites). We have about 10 remote sites that connect via VPN Tunnels using cisco routers and it takes even longer to get a printer list at those sites. Using the UNC name works a lot faster but you don't always have the UNC name available when you are at other locations or when trying to walk some through connecting to a network printer. Is there a way to speed up the browsing for availaable printers?

 

[Davetoo]

First off, this is the W2K forum, you should have posted here,

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=931.

Anyway, just browse to the print server by typing in \\servername, it will provide a complete list of available printers. The users just need to right click on the one they one and choose Connect.

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