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Disable Notifications in Windows 7

Juanita Lanaux

July 18, 2018 15:58

I would like a package that disables Windows 7 print notifications. Is it possible to build that into PDQ deploy so I can push it out to 386 computers?

Thanks.

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Patrick Pierce
July 23, 2018 17:31
You will need to do a registry edit. You can use CMD to import registry with PDQ, or set up a group policy preference.

Create .reg file with the following (i.e. printerballoon.reg.
```
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers\Settings]
“EnableBalloonNotificationsRemote”=dword:00000000
“EnableBalloonNotificationsLocal”=dword:00000000
```
Then call the file with CMD and whatever location you have the script at.
```
regedit /s "printerballoon.reg"
```
Reference: https://blog.thesysadmins.co.uk/disabling-windows-and-hp-print-notifications-with-group-policy.html

Other methods is to disable the balloon notification in GP, however that will also disable Windows balloon that lets you know if an anti-virus is not configured. Hope this helps.
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