A Print Server is a server that connects printers to the network. This is the single source of printing for all the workstations in a network. It helps to share a specific printer or multiple printers with users on the network. In this guide, I will be showing you How to set up a Print…
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In this guide, we’ll show you how to install a printer on your PC using the Windows IP address. We’ll also go through the process of creating a network port for a print server. To streamline printing in small organizations, adding a printer using an IP address is crucial. While a USB connection suffices for…
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You can easily add any of your devices to your Windows 10 Computer system. With the help of in-built drivers and the Windows Update that comes with Windows 10. Your device can be easily detected and added to your system. Sometimes the computer will not detect any of your devices automatically and you will need…
Microsoft has issued an advisory for another zero-day Windows print spooler vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-36958 that allows local attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on a computer. As stated by Microsoft, a “remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly performs privileged file operations. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could…
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A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows Print Spooler service improperly performs privileged file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. The “PrintNightmare patch” is now…
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A printer is an output device that outputs paper documents. This includes text documents, images. Most printers require a driver to work. If you recently upgraded from one version of Windows to another, it’s possible that the current printer driver is for the previous version of Windows. See the following guides below for some related articles. How…
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Printers are computer peripheral device that accepts text and graphic output from a computer and transfers the information to paper, usually to standard size sheets of paper that fall into these categories, “2D printers that print text and graphics onto paper” and “3D printers that create physical objects”. You may be interested in some other…
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The Print Spooler is software built into the Windows operating system that temporarily stores print jobs in the computer’s memory until the printer is ready to print them. Printer Spooler is a service responsible for managing all printers from your computer to the printer. When this service is not running or stopped for some reason, it can stop your computer from properly communicating…
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A Printer is a peripheral machine that makes a persistent representation of graphics and text on paper. In this article, I will be discussing how to remove a Printer from your device. If after installing a Printer driver and you wish to have it removed because of other related issues such as not being able to…
This article discusses ‘Add Print Drivers with PowerShell and RUNDLL32 and VBScript”. A Printer Driver is a software that your device uses to communicate with a printer on your network. The network printer does not need to have a physical connection to the network and they require an IP address or Simple Network Management Protocol…
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You may want to specify a persistent default printer for so many reasons. One of which is to be able to use the same printer even after connecting to a different Printer. Here are some articles relating to Print Drivers I have written; how to delete obsolete drivers from the Driver Store in Windows 10,…
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A Printer Driver is a software that your computer uses to communicate with a Printer. It is a piece of software on a computer that converts the data to be printed to a format that the printer can interpret. The purpose of printer drivers is to allow applications to do printing without being aware of the technical details of each printer…
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The Rename-Printer cmdlet lets you rename the specified printer on your device. You can specify the printer to rename by using either a printer object retrieved by the Get-Printer cmdlet, or by specifying a printer name. Administrative privilege is required to rename a Printer. See how to delete obsolete drivers from the Driver Store in Windows 10….
