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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Figure 26-30 Printers & scanners in Settings

Standard Users and Printers

A standard user—that is, not an administrator—can install a printer just

fine in Windows. The user can also use one of the built-in printer drivers

and print fine.

Windows will balk, however, when the user tries to install software and

drivers from optical disc or downloaded from the Internet. For those

options, you need administrative rights. CompTIA calls this an error in the

1001 objectives, as “unable to install printer.”

If you’re stuck in that position, such as rolling out corporate laptops to

company employees who will want to install printers at home, you can

work around the problem. Microsoft suggests changing the Group Policy

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