Policy
Automatically publish new printers in Active Directory
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows2000, WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP
Determines whether the Add Printer Wizard automatically publishes the computer's shared printers in Active Directory. If you enable this setting or do not configure it, the Add Printer Wizard automatically publishes all shared printers. If you disable this setting, the Add Printer Wizard does not automatically publish printers. However, you can publish shared printers manually. The default behavior is to automatically publish shared printers in Active Directory. Note: This setting is ignored if the "Allow printers to be published" setting is disabled.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\Wizard Value name Auto Publishing | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.