Question : 2003 Domain Default Printer Issue

All,

I'm having a new issue with printer's automatically changing to a different default at logon. This is happening on all terminal servers and standard workstations. I had printer mapping scripts that I usd to use but recently deleted all printer mapping scripts and this issue continues.

When the user logs on they see that their default printer is printer_a, but they set printer_b as default the previous day. I have duplicated this and see that it is changing for some reason but cannot explain it just yet.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Answer : 2003 Domain Default Printer Issue

Please try the following hotfix first.

972600 The default printer setting is changed on the console after you disconnect a remote desktop session from a Windows Vista or a Windows Server 2008-based terminal server
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;972600

If the issue persists, let us know how did you configure the network printer. Did you deploy them via Group Policy or Logon script?

 If you use Group Policy to deploy printers, as a workaround, you can refer to the following article to configure default printer:

How to Add a Default Printer Using a Visual Basic Script
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263226

 if you are open up citrix presentation server console, go to policies, click on default policy..go to 'printing' menu on the left side, then expand the hierachy, go to 'session printers'...i think under 'choose client's default printer' select 'set default printer to the client's main printer'.
Thanks.