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Hi everyone,

I am recieving this error when I attempt to connect the print queues to the user desktops " a policy is in effect that prevenst you from connecting to this print queue"

These are Group Policys I have tried can anyone else suggest anything?

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel\Printers\

Point and Print Restrictions >>
Disable
Prevent addition of printers

Disable
Prevent deletion of printers

Disable

Local Computer Policies\Administrative Templates\Printers\

Allow print spooler to accept client connections

Enable

And also checked this technet:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888046/en-us

Any help would be great as I needs this fixed asap and I am all out of suggestions?

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So this computer is a member of a domain? If so, have you identified which group policy object is being applied with this configuration?

You cannot override a domain group policy object by modifying local policy.

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