When running the Print Management console, nothing shows up in the drivers, ports, or printers. I can add new printers via the wizard. Then browsing to the UNC of the server I can see them. But the Print Management console shows nothing. Additionally, trying to connect to one of the printers ends up stuck on "Downloading the driver…" for at least 15 minutes. I gave up after that. Not sure if those are related issues.
*EDIT: after a reboot of my machine, I was able to add the printer with no issues. Still can't see anything in Print Management.
Given the ongoing printer nightmare situation, we have the "Allow Print Spooler to accept client connections" disabled on all machines except the print servers.
All other remote management functions seem to work just fine. Any suggestions?
Best Answer
What i have seen now, due to the PrinterNightmare Vulnerability, we configured the GPO Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Printers\Allow Print Spooler to accept client connections for the Clients, which resulted in no Printers showing up in the Printer Management Console, because somehow the printserver does connect back to the client and thus this GPO setting must be allowed. Could it be this?