Prevent deletion of printersID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:28789 | Date: (C)2015-10-14 (M)2021-06-02 |
Class: COMPLIANCE | Family: windows |
If this policy setting is enabled, it prevents users from deleting local and network printers.
If a user tries to delete a printer, such as by using the Delete option in Printers in Control Panel, a message appears explaining that a setting prevents the action.
This setting does not prevent users from running other programs to delete a printer.
If this policy is disabled, or not configured, users can delete printers using the methods described above.
Fix:
(1) GPO: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Printers!Prevent deletion of printers
(2) REG: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer!NoDeletePrinter
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |