How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Mon, 25 May 2009 07:21:30 Z

We are not admins on our computers. It seem to me that Win7 (Windows 7) do not let me add printers. It asks me for approving printer drivers. A dialogue comes up: Do you trust this printer? Windows needs to download and install a software driver from \\server computer to print to <printer name>. ...

I've disabled User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel/Printers > Point and Print Restrictions
However it still asks me for confirmation.

The exact same policy works fine on Windows Vista with UAC enabled.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:13:08 Z

I am experiencing the exact same issue. I have disabled the same policy and recieve the same message. I know it works in Vista also, I have a GPO applied to several OU's. I hope somebody reviews this thread quickly and has a response.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:54:55 Z

Hello Microsoft? Are you planning to work against us on this one? I see newer builds still have this message.
Are you planning to enforce us to use the new GPO's?

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:25:22 Z

Have you checked Local Security Policies -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options "Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers"?

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How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:22:44 Z

Thanks for your input Sanmartin :)

However I now tested this and it's still the same annoying "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:17:42 Z

News! Found this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd162838(VS.85).aspx. Look under "dw flags":

"Windows 7: In Windows 7 and later versions of Windows [o-ho!], if this flag is set and the user is running in elevated mode, the Do you trust this printer? dialog will not be shown."

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How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:06:43 Z

Thanks for the info. Not sure if I understand, as the user is not elevated. Anyways, I'm not sure how Microsoft expect us to map printers.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:53:45 Z

I'm no technician, but from what I understand from the quote, you must be in elevated mode or you will get the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue.

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How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:06:31 Z

yes that is true. however it does not solve my problem at all.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:28:19 Z

Out of curiosity if you answer yes to this dialogue can you then install your printer?
If you were to install the driver through the device manager it may not ask.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:58:52 Z

Yes would install, however it will bother the user a LOT if you have like 10 printers which we mostly deploy to our users at different offices, depending on where he/she logs in to.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:52:21 Z

These settings have been moved to the Local_Machine hive for Windows 7. You need to use a Windows 7 machine to manage the two sets of policies (Machine for Windows 7, User for Pre-Windows 7)

If you do it this way, you won't have any issues.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:17:53 Z

For a corporate environment Re-package your printer drivers to deploy automatically from a single executable.

If it isn't Mr. Seven it's not.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:18:02 Z

It has been brought to my attention that this problem is also present in the RTM release. So I wonder why this move Microsoft?
Also, even when confirming each printer, each printer install takes a very long time.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:59:27 Z

The Userbased GPO did also not work on Win 7 but the GPO fixed the problem on Vista.
(User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Control Panel/Printers > Point and Print Restrictions)
This settings applies to: Windows Vista and later (or should apply)

Now I found annother policy which is in computer-based:
(Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Printers > Point and Print Restrictions)
I made some test with the local (gpedit.msc) policy. And it worked!
The strange thing was: I did not find this policy on Vista :-/
But this policy also applies to Vista and later...

I configured a GPO for our Forest:
User can only P&P to these servers => Disabled
User can only P&P to machines in ther forest => Enabled
When installing drivers for a new connection => Do not show warning or elevation prompt
When installing drivers for an existing connection => Do not show warning or elevation prompt

I hope this will fix your problem.

PS: The policy works fine with UAC enabled

Also see the Solution from 'matambanadzo'

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:15:42 Z

I think you just made my day! :) Thank you very much.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:33:31 Z

The answer DOES work. Thank you!

For everyone else who stumbles upon this page, I'm going to clarify because the answer is not very clear.

If you want print drivers to add automatically when the user logs in without it prompting to "Install Driver" do this:

In the computer's Group Policy Object:

Find: Computer Configuration > Policies > Adminstrative Templates > Printers > Point and Print Restrictions

> Change it to Enabled
> Change the following settings:

Users can only point and print to these servers > Unticked (Disabled)
Users can only point and print to machines in their forest > Enabled
When installing drivers for a new connection > Do not show warning or elevation prompt
When updating drivers for an existing connection > Do not show warning or elevation prompt

If the computer is on during this process, run "gpupdate /force /boot" in the command line. (without quotes)
After the restart it should add the printers in the login script that apply to the user logging in without prompting to install any drivers.

How do I remove the "Do you trust this printer?" dialogue?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:21:29 Z

No Problem...

Thank you for your "how to" ;-)