Allow Print Spooler to accept client connections

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy controls whether the print spooler will accept client connections. When the policy is unconfigured or enabled, the spooler will always accept client connections. When the policy is disabled, the spooler will not accept client connections nor allow users to share printers. All printers currently shared will continue to be shared. The spooler must be restarted for changes to this policy to take effect.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
  Activate Internet printing

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

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

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Allow job name in event logs

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Allow printers to be published

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Allow pruning of published printers

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Always rasterize content to be printed using a software rasterizer

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Always render print jobs on the server

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Always send job page count information for IPP printers

  At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10
• Computer
  Automatically publish new printers in Active Directory

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Change Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) default output format to the legacy Microsoft XPS format (*.xps)

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Check published state

  At least Windows 2000