When trying to restore printers using Printer Migrator on a windows 2003 server, you may receive this message: “WARNING: Kernel Mode Drivers (version 2) are blocked on the target machine. Disable Kernel Mode driver blocking and re-run Printer Migrator…”
1. Run Local Group Policy. Open Run and type gpedit.msc
2. Explorer Computer Configuration,
3. Select Administrative Templates,
4. click Printer.
5. On the Right pane, right-click on "Disallow installation of printers using kernel mode drivers"
6. Select Properties and check Disabled.
7. Click OK to close the Local Group Policy.
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Printers on Server 2003
OK, so I've been using Server 2003 for quite some time now, and kinda surprised I've never seen this before.
When in the printers and faxes window, you can right click in the empty space to change ports, remove old drivers, change Forms and change Advanced printer settings.
This is useful when you need to add a printer to a Terminal Server for users. Also, it seems that Xerox printers do not install drivers by default in Terminal Services, so installing/adding the universal printer drivers ahead of time seems to help.
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