Windows failed to apply the Deployed Printer Connections settings.

DanHoffa 46

I am experiencing an issue with Deployment of Printers from GPO. This just started last week after I replaced existing 2012r2 DC and 2012R2 Print Server with New 2019 DC and Print Server If a user had already gotten their printers from GPO they are present and work. If a user needs printers to load from GPO they will not. When we run gpupdate /force we get this "Windows failed to apply the Deployed Printer Connections settings. Deployed Printer Connections settings might have its own log file. Please click on the "More information" link."

All other GPOs are processing and working properly.

I have 4 other DCs (3 - 2012r2 and 1 -2019) and 3 other Print Servers (2 - 2012R2 and 1 - 2019) Workstations are all Win10 assorted flavors (1908 through 21H2)

Since I list all printers in the Directory. I can still install the printers manually from the Printer Servers through "Add Printer" and they install without issue even for none admin users.

Microsoft has really made a mess with this recent security update. Did they ever test this with GPO deployment of printers before dumping it out there?

Anyone else seeing this behavior? Has anyone fixed this behavior?

DanHoffa 46 Reputation points

2021-09-29T12:41:04.447+00:00

The stranger part is that this has caused Print Servers that have not had the updates to not deploy via GPO. Most recent print server I installed was 2019 and fully updated with 9/21 rollup. This is when My problem started and it was only that server at first. With in a few hours all my print servers stopped deploying printers from GPO. My other 3 print servers have not had the 9/21 update. 2 of them (1 - 2012R2 and 1 - 2019) have had the 8/21 update and 1 of them (1- 2012R2) has only had 7/21 update.

That single server having the 9/21 update broke all the rest in a few hours.

Microsoft needs to stop passing the buck and admit the screwed everyone that uses print servers and come up with a real fix for the issue.
Mikolaj_M 56 Reputation points

2021-09-29T14:14:40.687+00:00

I have updated server 2019 on 24/09/2021 after I had the first report of missing printers , so my issue appeared before 09/21 update.

Don't you think it may be more related to updates on the Windows 10 devices?

Some of my devices works fine - for sure the computers which I updated recently got this issue.
I will need to check computers which do not have this issue and check when those been updated.
DanHoffa 46 Reputation points

2021-09-29T17:24:00.147+00:00

I don't believe it has to do with the Workstations. I have workstations that haven't been updated in a year that printer deployment via GPO now does work. It doesn't seem to matter if it is 1908 that hasn't been updated in a year or if it is 21h2 that is fully updated.
Matthew Evans 21 Reputation points

2021-12-07T16:13:49.237+00:00

I had the same issue as this but was able to resolve it by changing the way i mapped printers in GPO.
Initially i was getting this issue when tryng to map printers via the User GPO settings in; User Configuration - Policies - Windows Settings - Deployed Printers

However when i started mapping them using the User Configuration - Preferences - Control Panel Settings - Printers
They started to map every logon and i also didnt get the gp error "Windows failed to apply the Deployed Printer Connections settings. Deployed Printer Connections settings might have its own log file. Please click on the "More information" link."

Hope this helps
Jon Hall 21 Reputation points

2021-12-09T14:25:48.81+00:00

I came across this yesterday after moving printers to a new server after the original took a nose dive. Some users were able to get the new connections with just a gpupdate, some required log off/on or reboot, others refused to work at all. GPResult showed the same as others - there was an error and to click More Information, a link which doesn't seem to exist. I changed those GPOs to deploy via Control Panel instead, which I'd really rather not do. Hopefully they get it resolved soon!
Buddy Trujillo CMSA 1 Reputation point

2022-03-01T15:55:51.91+00:00

Did you ever find anything that works for you? I am still fighting this issue.
Marco Grapiglia 1 Reputation point

2022-03-02T12:10:05.973+00:00

Hi,
I had the same issue.
I temporarily set RestrictDriverInstallationToAdministrators to 0.

As said by you I've tried to use this GPO
User Configuration - Preferences - Control Panel Settings - Printers
but every time I access to my computer the printers start to map and lost default printer.

I can't set default printer via GPO because the same GPO is applied to all users in all offices.

There are any workarounds? I can't deploy printers to computer because there isn't GPO option to deploy shared Printers like in User Settings and my printers are installed in a print server that share them.
NorCal_IT_Guy 1 Reputation point

2022-06-28T16:16:15.213+00:00

Had a similar issue.

I switched accounts, signed in as an admin, ran cmd as admin, and ran gpupdate /force. This solved the issue.
Gianni Gennaro 5 Reputation points

2024-04-30T13:34:06.8933333+00:00

Thanks Matthew Evans, helped me even now!

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TerribleTedL 1 Reputation point

2021-11-17T13:25:38.067+00:00

We have a few machines that the GPO fails and some that do not. What I have found is KB5005699 was installed on all the machines having an issue. The unfortunate thing is, you cannot remove a servicing stack update, which this appears to be. Servicing stack 10.0.19041.1220. Not 100% if this is the issue, but none of the machines that are working correctly have this servicing stack update. They are all on Win10 version 21h1.
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Alden Thompson 1 Reputation point

2021-11-30T19:06:28.623+00:00

Same issue, Windows 10 various versions. We manage printing by users so it's not realistic to do a computer configuration. Deployment works if the user is a local admin but this is not feasible in all circumstances obviously.
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Alden Thompson 1 Reputation point

2021-12-07T14:36:34.173+00:00

This resolved my issue: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/277019-printer-deployment-via-group-policy-not-working
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Matthew Evans 21 Reputation points

2021-12-07T16:14:24.83+00:00

I had the same issue as this but was able to resolve it by changing the way i mapped printers in GPO.
Initially i was getting this issue when tryng to map printers via the User GPO settings in; User Configuration - Policies - Windows Settings - Deployed Printers

However when i started mapping them using the User Configuration - Preferences - Control Panel Settings - Printers
They started to map every logon and i also didnt get the gp error "Windows failed to apply the Deployed Printer Connections settings. Deployed Printer Connections settings might have its own log file. Please click on the "More information" link."

Hope this helps
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