If RUNDLL32 just won’t do the job: Sometimes we need to do just alittle more than RUNDLL32 is capable of, like installing a TCP/IP printer port. In that case, consider buying yourself a copy of the Windows 2000 Server/Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit and use PRNADMIN.DLL and the accompanying sample scripts written in VBScript. My […]
Often the printer configurations of existing computers need to be cloned to other computers, or restored after reinstalling Windows. In those cases, a backup/export and restore/import with Microsoft’s PrintMig 3.1 may be the best (and easiest) solution. Though earlier versions of PrintMig were GUI only, version 3.1 can also be run without user interaction from […]
in command prompt type: rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /? i.e C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /? this will show all the usable parameters, as below. PrintUI is the command to search. can be used on batch file and in login script. Usage: rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry [options] [@commandfile] /a[file] binary file name /b[name] base printer name /c[name] unc machine name […]