Manage Print Driver exclusion list

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting controls the print driver exclusion list. The exclusion list allows an administrator to curate a list of printer drivers that are not allowed to be installed on the system. This checks outranks the signature check and allows drivers that have a valid signature level for the Print Driver signature validation policy to be excluded. Entries in the exclusion list consist of a SHA256 hash (or SHA1 hash for Win7) of the INF file and/or main driver DLL file of the driver and the name of the file. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the registry key and values associated with this policy setting will be deleted, if currently set to a value.

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  Activate Internet printing

  Windows 2000 only
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  Add Printer wizard - Network scan page (Managed network)

  At least Windows Vista
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  Add Printer wizard - Network scan page (Unmanaged network)

  At least Windows Vista
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  Allow job name in event logs

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
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  Allow Print Spooler to accept client connections

  At least Windows Server 2003
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  Allow printers to be published

  At least Windows 2000
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  Allow pruning of published printers

  At least Windows 2000