Who's sharing that printer?
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I'm wondering if anyone knows a solid way to track down who is sharing a network printer in a Windows environment?
I have all network printers deployed via GP, and per OU as appropriate, but I'm seeing someone else has shared one, and renamed it something outside of my naming convention. I'm trying to track down which client has done so. I'm currently digging around, but I'm not finding anything.
Any ideas?
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@mr-jones The shared printer should have a machine name associated with it? Grey matter isn't firing on all cylinders yet ...
Connect to that printer and check the Advanced properties to see what the name of the host is.
This one could be a tough one.
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@mr-jones said in Who's sharing that printer?:
I'm wondering if anyone knows a solid way to track down who is sharing a network printer in a Windows environment?
I have all network printers deployed via GP, and per OU as appropriate, but I'm seeing someone else has shared one, and renamed it something outside of my naming convention. I'm trying to track down which client has done so. I'm currently digging around, but I'm not finding anything.
Any ideas?
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but you can use Advanced IP Scanner and run a network scan. If a system has any shares it will list them below system name/ip address.
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@syko24 said in Who's sharing that printer?:
@mr-jones said in Who's sharing that printer?:
I'm wondering if anyone knows a solid way to track down who is sharing a network printer in a Windows environment?
I have all network printers deployed via GP, and per OU as appropriate, but I'm seeing someone else has shared one, and renamed it something outside of my naming convention. I'm trying to track down which client has done so. I'm currently digging around, but I'm not finding anything.
Any ideas?
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but you can use Advanced IP Scanner and run a network scan. If a system has any shares it will list them below system name/ip address.
Excellent utility. We use it to map IP to device name. I haven't taken a deeper look at its abilities. So, great one!
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@syko24 said in Who's sharing that printer?:
you can use Advanced IP Scanner and run a network scan. If a system has any shares it will list them below system name/ip address.Oh, this is nice. Thank you.
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shutdown the perpetrating computer remotely, and lock the computer account.
