Thursday, December 8, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Administrative Template Point and Print Restrictions
This worked for me... found this after I posted the above. hope it helps some of you having the same issue. I did this on my local pc not the Domain GPO so it would work in either place.
There are TWO "Point and Print Restrictions" settings
* Computer Configuration/Policies/Administrative Templates/Printers/Point and Print Restrictions
* User Configuration/Policies/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Printers/Point and Print Restrictions
Of these two, the one under Computer Configuration seems to be the important one. But guess what? The original Server 2008 doesn't include this setting in the list -- you need Server 2008R2 for this setting to show up. If you download the administrative templates from Server 2008 R2, extract, and copy the PolicyDefinitions folder to C:\Windows\sysvol\domain\Policies\PolicyDefinitions, this missing policy will show up magically in Group Policy Management Editor. Of course, the ADMX files from Server 2008 R2 causes Group Policy Management Editor from Server 2008 tocomplain about parse errors, but it works just fine to click "OK".
Once you've installed the proper ADMX files, for this to work in Windows 7, configure both of these "Point and Print Restrictions" settings to:
* Enabled
* Security Prompts, When Installing Drivers for a new connection = Do not show warning or elevation prompt
* Security Prompts, When Installing Drivers for a new connection = Do not show warning or elevation prompt
Also, don't forget to make sure the users have permission to install printer drivers, since you're not even going to try to use Admin privileges any more:
* Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Driver Installation
* The setting is called "Allow non-administrators to install drivers for these devices setup classes".
* You will need to add thedevice class GUID of printers: {4d36e979-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Don't forget to update the computer policy on the workstation by running "gpupdate /force". Then log on as a non-admin user, and test! It worked for me with an annoying Konica Minolta bizhub C550 fax driver that was prompting my Win7 non-admin users for privileges when the logon script tried to install the driver for them. YMMV.
Good luck!
There are TWO "Point and Print Restrictions" settings
* Computer Configuration/Policies/Administrative Templates/Printers/Point and Print Restrictions
* User Configuration/Policies/Administrative Templates/Control Panel/Printers/Point and Print Restrictions
Of these two, the one under Computer Configuration seems to be the important one. But guess what? The original Server 2008 doesn't include this setting in the list -- you need Server 2008R2 for this setting to show up. If you download the administrative templates from Server 2008 R2, extract, and copy the PolicyDefinitions folder to C:\Windows\sysvol\domain\Policies\PolicyDefinitions, this missing policy will show up magically in Group Policy Management Editor. Of course, the ADMX files from Server 2008 R2 causes Group Policy Management Editor from Server 2008 tocomplain about parse errors, but it works just fine to click "OK".
Once you've installed the proper ADMX files, for this to work in Windows 7, configure both of these "Point and Print Restrictions" settings to:
* Enabled
* Security Prompts, When Installing Drivers for a new connection = Do not show warning or elevation prompt
* Security Prompts, When Installing Drivers for a new connection = Do not show warning or elevation prompt
Also, don't forget to make sure the users have permission to install printer drivers, since you're not even going to try to use Admin privileges any more:
* Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\System\Driver Installation
* The setting is called "Allow non-administrators to install drivers for these devices setup classes".
* You will need to add thedevice class GUID of printers: {4d36e979-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Don't forget to update the computer policy on the workstation by running "gpupdate /force". Then log on as a non-admin user, and test! It worked for me with an annoying Konica Minolta bizhub C550 fax driver that was prompting my Win7 non-admin users for privileges when the logon script tried to install the driver for them. YMMV.
Good luck!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Unbrick WZR-HP-G300NH2 and then flash DDWRT
1.Download pumpKIN http://kin.klever.net/pumpkin save you wasting time with tftp and the command line
2.Unplug all the ethernet cable and the power cable and connect the computer directly to the router(still leave it off)
3.Go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections in win7
right click on local area connection and choose "properties"
choose "internet protocol version 4"
click properties then click "use the following ip address"
Enter these values:
IP address 192.168.11.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, default gateway192.168.11.1
4.then turn off firewall go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Centre click on windows firewall then
choose "turn windows firewall on or off" then click on every "turn windows firewall off" box.
5.Open a Windows command prompt as Administrator. type cmd in the search box from Start menu, then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter. You will be prompted with the User Account Control dialogue choose yes. OR just right click on CMD and choose run as administrator.
Type the command
route print
to get a list of your NIC(s). Write down the interface number for the LAN card, in my case, it's 10, you may need to scroll up. mine is the first one "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller"
6.Now type the command below to get the ARP binding(thanks ermax at DD-WRT forum):
Replacing the number 10 with the interface number
netsh interface ipv4 add neighbors 10 192.168.11.1 02-AA-BB-CC-DD-1A
7.Run pumpKIN utility choose "Put File"
8.Put 192.168.11.1 as remote host, local File is openwrt-ar71xx-generic-wzr-hp-g300nh2-squashfs-tftp.bin
9.Click "ok" and quickly plug the power cable into the back to turn on the router. (within a few seconds)
10. After 5-10 minutes, unplug and replug the router.
11. If there's no WebGUI, you'll have to telnet (Windows 7: add/remove windows features) into 192.168.1.1 and run,
1. cd /tmp
2. wget ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/2011/06-14-11-r17201/buffalo_wzr-hp-g300nh2/wzr-hp-g300nh2-dd-wrt-webupgrade-MULTI.bin
3. dd bs=28 skip=1 if=/tmp/wzr-hp-g300nh2-dd-wrt-webupgrade-MULTI.bin of=/tmp/firmware.bin
4. sysupgrade -n /tmp/firmware.bin
2.Unplug all the ethernet cable and the power cable and connect the computer directly to the router(still leave it off)
3.Go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections in win7
right click on local area connection and choose "properties"
choose "internet protocol version 4"
click properties then click "use the following ip address"
Enter these values:
IP address 192.168.11.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, default gateway192.168.11.1
4.then turn off firewall go to Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Centre click on windows firewall then
choose "turn windows firewall on or off" then click on every "turn windows firewall off" box.
5.Open a Windows command prompt as Administrator. type cmd in the search box from Start menu, then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter. You will be prompted with the User Account Control dialogue choose yes. OR just right click on CMD and choose run as administrator.
Type the command
route print
to get a list of your NIC(s). Write down the interface number for the LAN card, in my case, it's 10, you may need to scroll up. mine is the first one "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller"
6.Now type the command below to get the ARP binding(thanks ermax at DD-WRT forum):
Replacing the number 10 with the interface number
netsh interface ipv4 add neighbors 10 192.168.11.1 02-AA-BB-CC-DD-1A
7.Run pumpKIN utility choose "Put File"
8.Put 192.168.11.1 as remote host, local File is openwrt-ar71xx-generic-wzr-hp-g300nh2-squashfs-tftp.bin
9.Click "ok" and quickly plug the power cable into the back to turn on the router. (within a few seconds)
10. After 5-10 minutes, unplug and replug the router.
11. If there's no WebGUI, you'll have to telnet (Windows 7: add/remove windows features) into 192.168.1.1 and run,
1. cd /tmp
2. wget ftp://dd-wrt.com/others/eko/BrainSlayer-V24-preSP2/2011/06-14-11-r17201/buffalo_wzr-hp-g300nh2/wzr-hp-g300nh2-dd-wrt-webupgrade-MULTI.bin
3. dd bs=28 skip=1 if=/tmp/wzr-hp-g300nh2-dd-wrt-webupgrade-MULTI.bin of=/tmp/firmware.bin
4. sysupgrade -n /tmp/firmware.bin
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
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