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Install Printer Driver Without Admin Rights: How to Force it
Modifying GPO is the right way to do it
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Updated onOctober 28, 2024
updated onOctober 28, 2024
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To fix various driver issues on your PC, you will need a dedicated tool to find the freshest and the original drivers. You can use PC HelpSoft Driver Updater to do it in 3 easy steps:
Is it possible to install a printer driver without admin rights? This guide will answer this question, so keep on reading.
How do I install a printer driver without admin rights?
Before trying anything else, try using type 4 drivers or preload the drivers via config management.
1. Change Security Options in GPO
By disabling the Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers policy, you have allowed non-administrators to install printer drivers when connecting a shared network printer.
2. Disable Point and Print Restrictions
A few users suggested changing thePackage Point and Print – Approved Serverspolicy by following these steps:
This is how you can use Group Policy to install printer driver without admin rights.
However, this prevention feature can become annoying when installing a printer driver on a work computer without admin rights. Thedriver download may fail. To fix the problem, try using the driver software updater to install the printer without admin rights.
If that does not work, take the bit complicated way of disabling a few group policies using the GP Editor. And you won’t face issuesdownloading Dymo printer driverswithout permission.
To learn how to install theDymo printer driver on Windows 10, read this guide for step-by-step instructions.
We also have a guide on how to install theCanon LBP2900B driver, so don’t miss it for more information.
This is how you can install Canon, HP or any other printer driver without admin rights, so be sure to give these solutions a try.
More about the topics:administrator account,driver,Printer
Tashreef Shareef
Tashreef Shareef is a software developer turned tech writer. He discovered his interest in technology after reading a tech magazine accidentally. Now he writes about everything tech from Windows to iOS and streaming services to IoT at WindowsReport.
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