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Prevent Users from Installing Printer Drivers on Windows 8

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Hi, you're watching VisiHow. This a tutorial on how to prevent users from installing printer drivers on Windows 8 computers. [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas40_713284.jpg|center]]

== Steps ==
# The first thing that we need to do is to access the security policies. The easiest way to do this is to right-click on the Windows button in the lower left corner of the screen. [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas15_687114.jpg|center]]
# Then, select "Run" from the menu that appears. [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas17_642056.jpg|center]]
# In the "Run" window, we need to type in "secpol.msc", and hit "Enter" on the keyboard. [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas25_057127.jpg|center]]
# When the window opens, we need to double-click the "Local Policies" folder in the menu on the left-hand side. [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas32_278156.jpg|center]]
# Then click on the "Security Options" sub-folder. [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas35_883891.jpg|center]]
# On the right-hand side of the window, we need to double click on "Devices: Prevent users from installing printer drivers". [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas40_713284.jpg|center]]
# Now, we need to select "Enabled". [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas47_761814.jpg|center]]
# Then click "OK". [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas48_157775.jpg|center]]
# Once this is done, we can close this window by clicking the "x" in the upper right-hand corner. [[Image:_prevent_users_from_installing_printer_drivers_on_windows_8.mp4-canvas52_22204.jpg|center]]
# This concludes our tutorial on how to prevent users from installing printer drivers on Windows 8 computers. Thank you for watching VisiHow. If you have any other comments or questions, please leave them in the comment section below.
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