Windows Server 2012 R2 Client: Windows 7, Users group One of users recently moved to Mexico office and our VPN is not ready. He does not connect to our domain, but he logs-in to domain. (Nothing on shared drives and domain is available, but Windows let him log in to domain.) He wants to install wifi printer to his laptop, however, his office building blocks the access from outside.
I need to allow general users to select Network Printers on our domain and install them without getting prompted for Password of Administrator. Is this possible.
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So, I have no access to his laptop. He is in Users group, so when he tried to install a printer, User Name/Password window popups. Since he does not have an admin rights, he can't install the printer.
Is it possible for him to install the printer without providing User Name/Password for admin? I don't want to include him in Administrator group. Although he logs in to domain, he does not connect to AD. So, my understanding is AD remembers up to the last time he connected to the domain. So, I am not sure updating Group Policy in my office has any effect on this matter, if Group Policy has the option to do it. Thank you very much in advance. If it were a shared printer, he could connect to the print server to add the printer queue to his profile (easiest way is to go the UNC path for the printer in Windows Explorer, such as: servername printername).
But, if the driver for the printer isn't installed on that laptop, he'd still have to have admin rights to install the driver. If that's the case, LogMeIn might be a good option to gain remote access to the computer, as John suggested. Or, you could also use TeamViewer. There are some group policies that can help, but that would require logging on to the domain to get the new policy, which doesn't sound like an option in this case. See this page for more info about that policy.
I have attempted to follow this link But do not see this setting in Group Policy (Computer Configuration Policies Administrative Templates System Driver Installation). We have users that travel and need to install printers. Some of these printers come with their own software (All in one printers).
How can I have these users install these printers without Admin Rights? I was thinking of having a shortcut that they can run to have a file named installPrinter.exe in C: PrinterInstall with admin privileges. They would copy the exe from Printer CD to C: PrinterInstall and rename exe to installprinter.exe. That doesnt seem smart at all though.