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Default Print Device Selection Behavior in Windows
Good Morning AskPerf Readers! Our theme today is printing, specifically Default Printer selection behavior. We regularly get asked the question on what causes the default printer to change on a Windows...
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Microsoft Fixit for Printing
Good morning AskPerf world! Jeff Hagler from the Performance team here to chat about printing. How many of you have ever dealt with an issue where you just knew that something was wrong with your...
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Internet Printing – How Windows decides if http or RPC is used for a Print...
We often get asked from time to time how to force printers that a user has installed on their workstation using the IPP website to use RPC in lieu of the Internet printing protocol. There is a document...
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Performance issues due to Inactive Terminal Server Ports
Good morning AskPerf! There are several issues that have been associated with a high number of inactive Terminal Server ports. Delayed logon times to RDP sessions, failure of printers to redirect,...
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Print update rollup available for Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2
A new printing hotfix rollup was released that updates the core print spooler components localspl.dll, splwow64.exe, spoolsv.exe, win32spl.dll, and Winprint.dll. This rollup is designed to reduce...
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Migrating Print Queues quickly using PRINTBRM, configuration files, and the...
Good morning AskPerf! Digvijay here to chat about print server migration. All server admins have probably had an opportunity to migrate print servers. This process can be fast and easy when migrating...
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Windows 7 client machines show printers offline on Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello AskPerf! I’m Craig Marcho, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer in the Microsoft Platforms Core Team. There has been an increase in cases lately with Windows 7 Clients and Windows Server 2008 R2...
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Simplifying printing in Windows 8
Hello AskPerf Blog Readers! Steven Sinofsky published the below blog last week just in case you missed it. It was authored by one of our lead Program Managers on the Printing team. It talks about...
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How to increase the number of Printers listed in Add Printer Wizard
Good morning AskPerf! Akash Nema here from the Performance team. Today we are going to chat about how to tweak the printer list presented when using the Add Printer Wizard in Windows 7.We frequently...
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CAPS and CNAME Alias Records
Hi AskPerf readers, this is Paul from the Microsoft Remote Resources Support Team. We have been receiving a number of support questions concerning the use of Client Access Points (CAPs) and the use of...
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Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012: How do I print in Windows 8 Modern UI...
It’s day 13 of our Launch Series and we are nearing the finish line. Today we are going to look at ways to print from your Modern UI Apps.So you have loaded Windows 8, and need to print from one of...
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Unable to connect to a printer using a CNAME record
Good morning AskPerf! My name is Sandeep Bhatia and I work with Networking team here in Microsoft Support. In today’s post, we will discuss Print issues when using a CNAME on Windows 2008 R2 Server,...
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Microsoft Fixit for Printing UPDATED for Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello folks. This is a quick post to inform you that the “Microsoft Fixit for Printing” is now live with .msi packages for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. We know a lot of you have been asking...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Manager Crashes when clicking on Local Computer
Hello everyone! I am writing today to raise awareness of an issue that we have come across recently. I was working on a case with a customer where Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 would crash...
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Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 – NFC “tap to connect” Printer Connections
Hello folks, today I am going to talk about a new feature that's available in Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 called NFC “tap to connect” Printing. NFC stands for Near Field Communication,...
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Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 - Printer Roaming
Hello again AskPerf! Today I’m going to introduce a new Windows 8.1 feature called Printer Roaming.Windows 8 provided the ability for users to roam a number of settings with their Microsoft account,...
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Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 - In-box Scan App
Welcome back AskPerf readers! Prior to Windows 8.1, scanning could be a relatively frustrating experience with many questions coming to mind…Will my scanner work on Windows RT?Do I need to download a...
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How to migrate local ports when doing print migration
Hello Askperf! My name is Tingu, and today I’m going to talk about an interesting print migration issue I had a few weeks ago.We had a case where an application server was running on Windows 2003,...
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Case of the blank print jobs
Hello Askperf! Anshuman here again with an interesting issue I worked a few weeks ago. The following pop-up appeared on my workstation intermittently: I then realized that I had the Send To OneNote...
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Office Applications only print 1-2 pages
Hello AskPerf! My name is Susan, and today we are going to discuss an issue where printing through Office applications only produce 1-2 pages out of a multi-page document.For example, you have Windows...
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