Disable Web Printing (Windows 2000/XP)

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Disable Web Printing (Windows 2000/XP)
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This restriction enables and disables server support for Internet printing. Internet printing lets you display printers on Web pages so they can be viewed, managed, and used across the Internet or an intranet.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'DisableWebPrinting' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
DisableWebPrinting	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)


	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers]
Name: DisableWebPrinting
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = default, 1 = disable web printing)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: October 9, 2002

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