Annoying "Print Notification Balloon" on XP Clients after installing SP3

Yesterday I installed XP SP3 on all our XP clients with 2003 SBS WSUS
and we now get a print notification balloon.

What has XP SP3 changed on XP Clients to cause
this annoying print notification balloon to start appearing after sending
documents to be printed?

I have 28- XP Clients and they are all doing this now.

Users are complaining, do I have to remove SP3 to fix this?

I have Googled and tried several suggestions from Microsoft KB's and others
without success. I don't want to completely shutdown the balloon
notifications
in Group Policy I just want to reverse this annoying print notification
balloon
that Microsoft caused. Why can't they (Microsoft) leave well enough alone
and let IT staff or PC owners decide if they want these annoyances on?



Signed,


Frustrated!

I'm not in front of an XP but I can get you close before you start replacing
all your hardware : -)

Open Printers and Faxes and go to File -> Server Properties. It's on the
last tab, not sure what it's called, but there are check boxes for the
notifications it generates. You may be able to set this in group policy,
but it's probably simpler to just send out an e-mail to the users letting
them know how to disable it.

I hadn't noticed this in SP3 but I'm mostly on Vista and 7, and I'm guessing
maybe the SP just reset the notification to its default.


"Collin" <collinc@youngmfg.com> wrote in message
news:eSsEU2p%23JHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Yesterday I installed XP SP3 on all our XP clients with 2003 SBS WSUS
> and we now get a print notification balloon.
>
> What has XP SP3 changed on XP Clients to cause
> this annoying print notification balloon to start appearing after sending
> documents to be printed?
>
> I have 28- XP Clients and they are all doing this now.
>
> Users are complaining, do I have to remove SP3 to fix this?
>
> I have Googled and tried several suggestions from Microsoft KB's and
> others
> without success. I don't want to completely shutdown the balloon
> notifications
> in Group Policy I just want to reverse this annoying print notification
> balloon
> that Microsoft caused. Why can't they (Microsoft) leave well enough alone
> and let IT staff or PC owners decide if they want these annoyances on?
>
>
>
> Signed,
>
>
> Frustrated!
>

Hmmm, dunno how SP3 can *cause* this, but...

Right click the PRN in question while holding the Control key - and
click Server Properties. Turn off the PRN notification as
required/desired.

--
Duncan

In article <eSsEU2p#JHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, collinc@youngmfg.com
says...
> Yesterday I installed XP SP3 on all our XP clients with 2003 SBS WSUS
> and we now get a print notification balloon.
>
> What has XP SP3 changed on XP Clients to cause
> this annoying print notification balloon to start appearing after sending
> documents to be printed?
>
> I have 28- XP Clients and they are all doing this now.
>
> Users are complaining, do I have to remove SP3 to fix this?
>
> I have Googled and tried several suggestions from Microsoft KB's and others
> without success. I don't want to completely shutdown the balloon
> notifications
> in Group Policy I just want to reverse this annoying print notification
> balloon
> that Microsoft caused. Why can't they (Microsoft) leave well enough alone
> and let IT staff or PC owners decide if they want these annoyances on?
>
>
>
> Signed,
>
>
> Frustrated!
>
>
>

Hi Collin,

Thanks for your post and others' suggestions.

In addition, you may also check the following printer settings:

1. Start-->>Printer and Faxes-->File-->Server Properties-->>Advanced Tab,
2. Make sure the check box is unchecked that says "Show informational notifications for local printers". These would include printers that are connected via LPR, LPT1, or
any other local port.
3. If the printer is connected via UNC path then uncheck the box that says: "Show informational notifications for network printers"
4. Then stop and restart the Printer Spooler service.

Does this issue still occur now?

Hope this helps. Also, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let me know.


Best regards,
Robbin Meng(MSFT)
Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support