Preventing Access to Network Printers by Computer

I have an odd situation in which I need to prevent a particular computer on
our network from being able to access/install one of our network shared
printers. I can simply tell the user not to install it but if the printer is
installed by mistake and a job is sent, it causes the spooler services to
crash on both the workstation and on the Windows 2000 server. Is there a
simple method in Windows 2000 or AD to deny this single computer from
accessing a single printer on the network server while still allowing the
computer to print and install other network printers?

Karl
Tue Jul 11 21:33:58 CDT 2006


"Stingray" <Stingray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5CFCEAEE-FE09-4B6F-81AE-AD9CDFA08685@microsoft.com...
> Is there a
> simple method in Windows 2000 or AD to deny this single computer from
> accessing a single printer on the network server while still allowing the
> computer to print and install other network printers?

Go into the printer share properties, for example on the Windows server that
is sharing the printer [try right-clicking on the printer and selecting
Properties]. You should definitely be able to assign user permissions, and
I would think also computer permissions as well.

Stingray
Wed Jul 12 10:45:02 CDT 2006

I was in there and I was able to add a computer account but I'm unsure which
permission to deny to accomplish my goal. I don't want to cause unwanted side
effects by being too restrictive but testing the different settings is not
really an option since evey test that fails crashes the spooler service on
the server and the workstation.

"Karl Levinson" wrote:

>
> "Stingray" <Stingray@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5CFCEAEE-FE09-4B6F-81AE-AD9CDFA08685@microsoft.com...
> > Is there a
> > simple method in Windows 2000 or AD to deny this single computer from
> > accessing a single printer on the network server while still allowing the
> > computer to print and install other network printers?
>
> Go into the printer share properties, for example on the Windows server that
> is sharing the printer [try right-clicking on the printer and selecting
> Properties]. You should definitely be able to assign user permissions, and
> I would think also computer permissions as well.
>
>
>