The path to the log might contain a hidden folder. For example, in the following path, AppData is a hidden folder. When you start to provision a target computer, you might see a message that says The network path was not found. On the target computer, make sure that you have turned on Network Discovery and that you have turned on File and Printer Sharing for the appropriate network profile.
For example, if the host and target computers are joined to a network domain, you must turn on network discovery and file and printer sharing for the Domain network profile. For more information, see Provision a computer for driver deployment and testing WDK 8.
Make sure you can ping the target computer from the host computer. On the host computer, open a Command Prompt window, and enter ping targetComputerName , where targetComputerName is the name of the target computer.
Note You might see several messages before you see the message The network path was not found. Some of those messages might make you think that the network path was found and the first steps of provisioning were succeeding. In fact, the network path was not found and no portion of provisioning succeeded.
For example, you might see this:. When you start to provision a target computer, you might see a message that says The network name cannot be found.
Double check the name of the target computer. Select the incorrect computer name, and select Next. For Computer name , enter the correct name of the target computer, and complete the wizard. You can implement the same settings on a standalone non-domain computer using the Local Group Policy Editor gpedit.
Find the policy Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers. Set the policy value to Disable. Then you can set the policy value to Disable, any unprivileged user can install a printer driver as a part of a shared printer connection to a computer.
However, this policy does not allow downloading and installing an untrusted not-signed printer driver. The next step is to allow the user to install the printer drivers via GPO. Enable the policy and specify the device classes that users should be allowed to install. Click the Show button and in the appeared window add two lines with device class GUID corresponding to printers:. When you enable this policy, members of the local Users group can install a new device driver for any device that matches the specified device classes.
In Windows 10 there is another feature related to the UAC User Account Control settings, which occurs when you try to install a shared network printer. If the UAC is enabled, a message appears in which you want to specify the credentials of the Administrator.
To solve this problem, you need to disable the policy Point and Print Restrictions. In order to enable compatibility with previous versions of the Windows operating system, it is recommended to disable both policies. They are located in the following sections:. Then you should disable this policy for Windows 10 computers, the security warnings, and elevated prompts do not appear when the user tries to install the network printer or when the printer driver is updating.
You can disable Point and Print Restrictions via the registry. Use the following command:. If you want to restrict the list of print servers from which users are allowed to install print drivers without admin permissions, you need to set the Point and Print Restriction policy to Enabled. It remains to test the policy on client computers requires restart. After rebooting and applying Group Policy settings, users will be allowed to install printer drivers without Admin permissions.
You can choose to deploy the driver automatically whenever you build the driver solution in each configuration. Open the property pages for your driver project. Select and hold or right-click the driver project in Solution Explorer and select Properties.
In the property pages for the driver project, select Configuration Properties , select Driver Install , and then select Deployment. Select a test computer that you have configured, or select the name of a computer that you want to configure for testing. See Provision a computer for driver deployment and testing WDK When you enable deployment for your driver package project, the driver is automatically deployed to the test computer you have selected when you build your solution.
You can use the Deployment property page to configure options for driver installation and deployment. To set these options for the driver package project, select Configuration Properties , select Driver Install , and then select the following property pages. If something goes wrong during deployment, you can check to see if the files are copied to the test computer.
Verify that the. Here are some tips for troubleshooting driver deployment to a test computer when you use Visual Studio and the WDK. Can't find the deployment properties for the driver project The deployment properties are only available if you have a driver package. If your driver solution does not have a driver package project, you need to add one.
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