Permission problem on User accounts

We purchased 10 HP d220 computers, all identical, came with XP Pro/SP1
installed.
We purchased a 15 user license for Office 2003, which installed just fine
and works on all accounts on all 10 computers.
I have installed an HP printer driver on 6 of the computers for a little HP
3450 printer connected via a USB port.
At the moment none of the computers are networked, all are configured as
standalone workstations.

On 4 of the computers the printer is available to all users.

On 2 of the computers the printer is only available to accounts having admin
priviliges.

I have uninstalled/reinstalled the printer driver but that does not
affecting the problem. I am using the default privilige groups on all
computers which is probably not the best way to do this but for now it will
be adequate internal security.

Can anyone tell me to fix this so all users on a given computer can use the
printer?

TIA

Mark Alsop wrote:

> We purchased 10 HP d220 computers, all identical, came with XP Pro/SP1
> installed.
> We purchased a 15 user license for Office 2003, which installed just
> fine and works on all accounts on all 10 computers.
> I have installed an HP printer driver on 6 of the computers for a
> little HP 3450 printer connected via a USB port.
> At the moment none of the computers are networked, all are configured
> as standalone workstations.
>
> On 4 of the computers the printer is available to all users.
>
> On 2 of the computers the printer is only available to accounts
> having admin priviliges.
>
> I have uninstalled/reinstalled the printer driver but that does not
> affecting the problem. I am using the default privilige groups on all
> computers which is probably not the best way to do this but for now
> it will be adequate internal security.
>
> Can anyone tell me to fix this so all users on a given computer can
> use the printer?
>
> TIA

Open Control Panel/Printers and Faxes. Right click the 3450 and select
Properties/Security Tab. Select the Everyone group and set the permissions
in the lower section. You might also want to check the Sharing Tab options.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

Thanks for the input!

However. it did not help.

1) There is no 'Security' tab on the printer properties dialog

2) Sharing has no effect since it is for network access only (tried it both
ways just to see)

3) I cannot find any differences in the settings between the machines that
properly expose the printer to accounts in the users group and the two
computers that do not expose the printer to accounts in the users group.

4) Any account with admin privileges can use the printer on the two problem
systems, even the ones normally set to users group only.

5) I am still using the default XP security accounts and Simple File Sharing
on all machines since that should be adequate for the current security
requirements on these machines.

Is there any other avenue I could explore (a registry setting maybe) or will
I have to disable Simple File Sharing on these machines and carefully
profile each of the account groups?

Thanks again!

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <ronv@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eP2JKUtrEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> Mark Alsop wrote:

>
> Open Control Panel/Printers and Faxes. Right click the 3450 and select
> Properties/Security Tab. Select the Everyone group and set the permissions
> in the lower section. You might also want to check the Sharing Tab
> options.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User