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The default printer is an option defined per-user, Windows can't set a default printer for the system.
I recommend you to create a User GPO and use Item-Level Targeting to specify the target Computer group:
Computer default printer GPO
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Keith Hampshire
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I need to create a default printer GPO that only applies to a certain computer security group. The problem that I am running into is that is the "set a default printer" that option only shows up under the "user" GPO. Meaning under the computer settings it is grayed out.
How can I apply a default printer to a security group that the members are computers?
All domain controllers are server 2019.
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Lucas 266 Reputation points2022-07-02T19:07:24.15+00:00 -
Limitless Technology 39,931 Reputation points2022-07-03T08:32:25.04+00:00 Hi there,
This is by design that it has been greyed out. Unfortunately, when pushing printers with GPP at the Computer level, there is no way to set the default printer. You should use either logon scripts to set the default or GPP at the User configuration level to set the default one.
Setting default printer in group policy using computer configuration https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/9117e7fe-5264-4645-a8f3-30518a3db3df/setting-default-printer-in-group-policy-using-computer-configuration-server-2008-r2?forum=winserverGP
Use Group Policy settings to control printers in Active Directory https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/printing/use-group-policy-to-control-ad-printer
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