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Old June 3rd 04, 05:51 PM
Mark Taylor
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Default Point and Print updates with Win9x?

Hi all,

My understanding of Point and Print is as follows:

When first printing from a Win9x or Win32 client to a Windows 2000 or
Windows Server 2003 print server, the appropriate driver (if available)
is downloaded from the server.

In addition, when a Win32 client sends a job to the server, the server
compares the client's version of the driver with its own version, and if
the server's is newer than the client's, the server upgrades the driver.

My question is: is there any way to install a newer version of a driver
on Win9x clients on a large network without having to walk around to all
these clients and manually perform the upgrade?

I am curious about the mechanism by which the Win9x driver is first
downloaded to the client and whether this could be exploited in some way
to perform an upgrade.

Thanks very much,
- Mark
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Old June 3rd 04, 07:20 PM
Cari \(MS-MVP\)
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Default Point and Print updates with Win9x?

This question should be asked in the Servers newsgroups.
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www.coribright.com

"Mark Taylor" wrote in message
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Hi all,

My understanding of Point and Print is as follows:

When first printing from a Win9x or Win32 client to a Windows 2000 or
Windows Server 2003 print server, the appropriate driver (if available)
is downloaded from the server.

In addition, when a Win32 client sends a job to the server, the server
compares the client's version of the driver with its own version, and if
the server's is newer than the client's, the server upgrades the driver.

My question is: is there any way to install a newer version of a driver
on Win9x clients on a large network without having to walk around to all
these clients and manually perform the upgrade?

I am curious about the mechanism by which the Win9x driver is first
downloaded to the client and whether this could be exploited in some way
to perform an upgrade.

Thanks very much,
- Mark



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Old June 3rd 04, 07:42 PM
Mark Taylor
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Default Point and Print updates with Win9x?

Thanks, Cari, will do.

- Mark

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"Cari \(MS-MVP\)" wrote:

This question should be asked in the Servers newsgroups.
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Cari
MS-MVP Windows Technologies - Printing/Imaging/Hardware
www.coribright.com

"Mark Taylor" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

My understanding of Point and Print is as follows:

When first printing from a Win9x or Win32 client to a Windows 2000 or
Windows Server 2003 print server, the appropriate driver (if available)
is downloaded from the server.

In addition, when a Win32 client sends a job to the server, the server
compares the client's version of the driver with its own version, and if
the server's is newer than the client's, the server upgrades the driver.

My question is: is there any way to install a newer version of a driver
on Win9x clients on a large network without having to walk around to all
these clients and manually perform the upgrade?

I am curious about the mechanism by which the Win9x driver is first
downloaded to the client and whether this could be exploited in some way
to perform an upgrade.

Thanks very much,
- Mark

 




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