Printer deployment via Group Policy not working on a single system

Posted by Aron Rotteveel on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Aron Rotteveel
Published on 2010-05-12T13:17:36Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 13:25 UTC
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One of my coworkers just got a new laptop running Windows 7 Pro x64. We use a GPO to deploy the printers to every system, but for some reason it is not working on this system.

I have been breaking my head over this for the past 3 hours now without any result. The strange thing is that gpresult /H seems to indicate that the GPO did run.

The hardware:

  • Laptop: Windows 7 Professional x64
  • Print server: Windows Server 2008 x64 R1
  • HP Color LaserJet 2605dn
  • HP LaserJet P2015
  • Driver packages on server: HP universal printer driver PCL5, both X86 as X64

Oddities and other info:

  • GPO working flawlessly on every other system, including my own Windows 7 Ultimate X64 laptop
  • gpresult /H shows the GPO being ran
  • Windows Firewall completely disabled on the new laptop

Below is the output for gpresult /H (in Dutch sadly, but I think you'll recognize it):

Beleidsregels
Windows-instellingen
Printerverbindingen
Pad Dominerend groepsbeleidsobject
\\Server2008\HP Color LaserJet 2605dn   Printers
\\Server2008\HP LaserJet P2015  Printers
Beheersjablonen
Beleidsdefinities (ADMX-bestanden) opgehaald van de lokale computer.
Configuratiescherm/Printers
Beleid  Instelling  Dominerend groepsbeleidsobject
Beperkingen van point-and-print Uitgeschakeld   Printers

Like I said, I have been trying to figure this out for the past few hours or so without any result, so you are my last hope.

Any help is appreciated.

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