rich2211

Question: What would be the best way to deny printing to a particular printer, from a particular workstation and username. E.g. Deny user 'Jon' to print from workstation 'PC-01' to printer 'Printer-01' Could this be done via a GPO, security settings via the security tab on printer in question, or by a script? We are a college and also use the print management software PaperCut NG. We essentially have workstations in an open access area with printing facilities, but wish to deny a particular user to print from those workstations to the open access printer. However, I wish for this user to print from the classroom workstations to the open access printer. Unfortunately, moving workstations or creating another user account is not an option. Any help is greatly appreciated. Richard.

Thanks for all the comments. cromertech's particularly made me laugh. I'm an IT Tech for an Adult College, so i'm lucky i'm the users manage to even log themselves on to the workstations (think i'm being slightly ageist here) Then there's the fact that i manage the academic network when the council manages the workstations on the admin network here -which is where they check their e-mails. So as SYNACK says, and defiantly in my case - 'not everything is plannable' Cheers guys.

Thanks for the prompt reply. This is more of a broadcast message thing. I.e. 'Need to re-start server, please save all work'

Hi, I'm trying to figure out a way to send messages over a Windows Server 2008 network to Windows 7 clients. I've tried the msg command line, however, i can't seem to get this to work. Does anyone know of a way to send messages to users/workstations via Windows Server 2008 or know of any FREE software that will do this for me (no trial software please) Thanks in advance. Richard.