[Samba] [OT?] Point'n'Print and zombie printers...

[Marco Gaiarin]

I don't know if this is an OT or not. I'm using Point'n'Print, preloading
drivers via a deployement system (WPKG).

In Win10 and 11 very frequently i got some 'zombie printer': eg, printers
that get installed by (unprivileged) user cannot be removed (or, better,
they get removed, but reappear as 'system' printer, eg even for local
Administrator user).

If i try to remove them from administrator, sooner or later (normally, a
print spooler restart suffices) reappear.


Digging around i've found 'Client Side Rendering Print Provider', and seems
that a plethora of driver/printer installation info get saved also there. If
i brutally cleanup some registry entry, effectively printer stop to
resurrect.


Someone have some pointer on some info of this stuff? Thanks.

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