It may be appropriate in some organizations to allow users to install printer drivers on their own workstations. However, you should allow only administrators, not users, to do so on servers because printer driver installation on a server may unintentionally cause the computer to become less stable.
A malicious user could install inappropriate printer drivers in a deliberate attempt to damage the computer, or a user might accidentally install malicious software that masquerades as a printer driver. Only members of the Administrator, Power Users, or Server Operator groups can install printers on the servers. If this policy setting is enabled but the driver for a network printer already exists on the local computer, users can still add the network printer.
Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Printer Drivers are the pieces of software that allow your PC or laptop to communicate with your Printer.
If there is a problem with this communication it is most likely due to the Printer Drivers. Common Printer errors are:. You need to update your Printer Drivers regularly in order to keep your devices such as your printer running well. Download the Driver Installer below and run a free scan to check if your drivers are up-to-date.
Start Download. To fix your Drivers problems you will need to know the particular model of the Printer device you are having problems with if you are choosing to manually update the Drivers, for automatic Driver update the Driver Update Tool will find the exact Driver for you. Once you have the details you can search the Printer website for your drivers and, if available, download and install these drivers. After installing the update KB, released on July 12, , in order to successfully install the printer, the printer driver must meet the following requirements:.
The driver must be packed Package-aware print drivers. Installing of the unpacked non-package-aware drivers through Point and Print Restrictions is impossible. For package-aware print drivers, you can see the True value in the Packaged column. In August , Microsoft released a security update for Windows 10 KB that made significant changes to the printer installation policy.
After installing these and the latest security updates, Windows begins to require administrator permissions to install printer drivers. This change addresses the PrintNightmare vulnerability and is related to Windows Print Spooler issues. A flaw in the Windows Print Spooler implementation allows an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on a Windows computer. The vulnerability allows a malicious DLL file to be loaded into the system.
Trying to add a printer again allows access to this file, which will run with System privileges. Print Spooler service works on Windows including server versions by default.
The greatest danger is posed by an attack on servers, so Microsoft has issued recommendations for disabling the printing system on domain controllers Security assessment: Domain controllers with Print spooler service available. Proceed only if you trust the computer and network. After clicking on the Install driver button, a UAC window appears in which you need to specify the administrator credentials.
But this only works for v4 Package-aware print drivers. Downloading and installing the latest printer driver can often resolve these problems. Here are several ways to do this. If Windows Update finds an updated driver, it will download and install it, and your printer will automatically use it. If your printer came with a disc, it might contain software that can help you install drivers for your printer or check for driver updates. Some support sites let you search for your printer model number directly.
Most drivers are self-installing. After you download them, double-click or double-tap the file to begin installing it. Then follow these steps to remove and reinstall the printer. After removing your printer, add it back by selecting Add a printer or scanner. Wait for your device to find nearby printers, choose the one you want, and then select Add device.
If you need to install Fax and XPS manually, check out the instructions below:. Fax is not supported on ARM devices.
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