User's default printer (Lansweeper 4.0)

[Pollak]

Does any one know the reg key for the user's default pritner. I did find the following key but when try to create a report the results are about 90% microsoft XPS Document Writer and a few PDF995. I know this is wrong as we do not defualt users to these.

Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Device

Here is a screen shot of my configuration.


Please advise,
Niles

[DGoodwin]

Let me ask a question. Is there a way to scan for a value in any key or sub key in the entire registry? Could you implement a scan tool that would list all values given in any registry key? That would be extremely useful because it would traverse all keys.

[Pollak]

NEWT Pro 2.5 can pull the default printer using direct Windows API. Is there a way to implament the direct Windows API into Lansweeper (not NEWT Pro)? I am still a little confused as to why my reg key search does not work?


Please advise,
Niles

[Hemoco]

NEWT Pro 2.5 can pull the default printer using direct Windows API. Is there a way to implament the direct Windows API into Lansweeper (not NEWT Pro)?

No, only WMI can be used.

I am still a little confused as to why my reg key search does not work?

See my previous answer.

[Hemoco]

The HKEY_CUrrent_user points to the user performing the scan, not to the user logged on at the moment.

[rkotvis]

According to this article you're looking at the right value:

http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/14523/where-in-the-registry-is-the-default-printer-set.htm...


As far as I can tell, this is only true for user installed printers. Printers deployed by Group Policy Preference only show up in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Connections, for example. I guess the same might be true for printers deployed using VBS or other scripting techniques.