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- DOCUMENT:Q105193 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Connect To Printer Option May Disappear After Group Change
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:buglist3.10
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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-
-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- When a User who was once a member of the Administrators group is
- changed to another group (removed from the Administrators group), the
- Connect to Printer option in Print Manager may disappear.
-
- If the User has never logged on to their account while a member of
- Administrators, this problem does not occur. Once that account has
- been used at least once and the User is then placed in another group,
- the Connect To Printer option disappears.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- There are currently two workarounds to this problem:
-
- - Use Create Printer rather than Connect to Printer and to specify the
- network path to this printer. The disadvantage to this is that the
- printer driver will have to be loaded locally.
-
- -or-
-
- - Recreate the account for this user without first giving this user
- Administrator rights. The disadvantage of this is that all the users
- settings, personal program groups, and other customized information
- will have to be recreated.
-
- STATUS
- ======
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1
- and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this
- problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
- Base as it becomes available.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
- --------------------------
-
- 1. Create 2 users in the User Manager. For reference, let us call
- one user User1, the other User2. Place User1 in the Power Users
- group, User2 in Administrators.
-
- 2. Log off, then log on as User2. Open Print Manager and note the
- availability of the option to Connect To Printer on the Printer menu.
-
- 3. Log off, then log on as User1. Again, note the availability of the
- Connect To Printer option. This user, as a member of the Power Users
- group, demonstrates the fact that a Power User should see this option.
-
- 4. Log off, then log on as Administrator. Remove User2 from the
- Administrators group and place this user into the Power Users group.
-
- 5. Log off, then log on as User2. Note that the option to Connect To
- Printer is no longer available.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: ntap scrty
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