[Samba] Print Management Blank After Working for Years

[Rowland Penny]

On 23/01/2023 20:49, Aaron de Bruyn wrote:
> Agreed on Microsoft completely fscking things up.
> What do you expect from a component of Windows that still defaults to 
> "a:\" when installing drivers? 😉

There's a blast from the past, who remembers the A: and B: floppy drives 
(5 1/4 inch ones at that)
Well, obviously Microsoft LOL

> As if that's not enough, the first "have disk" prompt will remember your 
> previous install location, but the second prompt (i.e. x86 driver) won't 
> default to A:\ or your previous location. On my system it defaults to my 
> virtual DVD drive.
> 
> I can only imagine the absolute cesspool of code...
> 
> 
> I think I'm going to start from scratch on one machine. Stop Samba, 
> delete all the printer tdb files, remove the driver share, etc...
> 
> Then in Windows I'm going to blow away all the policy crap related to 
> printers, and see if I can set it back up.
> 

That will probably work, until it doesn't again ;-)

Rowland