August 10, 2021—KB5005033

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KB5005033

 

This update breaks the ability for users to map network printers as you now get a UAC to install drivers when mapping via a script once the update is installed

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Windows updates released August 10, 2021 and later will, by default, require administrative privilege to install drivers. We made this change in default behavior to address the risk in all Windows devices, including devices that do not use Point and Print or print functionality. For more information, see Point and Print Default Behavior Change and CVE-2021-34481.

 

By default, non-administrator users will no longer be able to do the following using Point and Print without an elevation of privilege to administrator:

 

• Install new printers using drivers on a remote computer or server
  
• Update existing printer drivers using drivers from remote computer or server
  

 

Note If you are not using Point and Print, you should not be affected by this change and will be protected by default after installing updates released August 10, 2021 or later.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/kb5005652-manage-new-point-and-print-default-driver-installation-behavior-cve-2021-34481-873642bf-2634-49c5-a23b-6d8e9a302872