[Samba] Samba Printing Extremely Slow from Windows XP

[Mogens Kjaer]

Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
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> david rankin wrote:
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> | Procedure:
> | 1. Edit the registry observing usual caution.
> | 2. Locate the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModePerUser
> | 3. Remove all VALUES for Network printers of the form:
> | \<print_server_name ><printer_queue_name>
> | 4. Locate the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\DevModes2
> | 5. Remove all VALUES for Network printers of the form:
> | \<print_server_name><printer_queue_name>
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> The Windows print cache is timestamp based.  The client
> spooler gets in a loop where it continually asks the
> server for the timestamp (ChangeID) on a given printer.
> In spite of the fact that the timestamp has been incremented
> by some change to the printer, the client never updates
> its local cache of printer data.  And so it continually
> thinks it is out of date.

I'm afraid this is not enough:

I have an XP machine with two users
(domain logon, roaming profile, both
have administrator privileges on the pc).

User no. 2:

1. regedit, remove the values above.
2. exit regedit, log out&in
3. check regedit, no printers appear in
    DevModePerUser or DevModes2
4. start a program that uses a printer,
    access is fine. Exit program.
5. start regedit, no printers appear in
    DevModePerUser or DevModes2

User no. 1

1. regedit, remove the values above.
2. exit regedit, log out&in
3. check regedit, no printers appear in
    DevModePerUser or DevModes2
4. start a program that uses a printer,
    access is slow. Exit program.
5. start regedit, the default printer appears
    in DevModePerUser

Why this difference between users?

Mogens

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