Adding drivers to driver store using pnputil

[ss3vegeta]

Hi,

I am simply trying to write a script to help deploy printers and I have run into a bit of a snag. I cannot get the cmd window to open with the proper elevation to run commands like:

pnputil -i -a c:\print_drivers\driverstore\hp001a\prnhp001.inf

I can run this command manually from an elevated command line prompt without issue, however it will not work using:

#RequireAdmin

and/or

RunAsWait($adminAcct, @ComputerName, $adminPass, 0, @ComSpec & " /k pnputil -i -a c:\print_drivers\driverstore\hp001a\prnhp001.inf")

I get an error that says: "Adding the driver packaged failed : Access is denied."

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[ss3vegeta]

Forgot to say win7 64 ultimate, not sure that matters.

[AntiVirusGuy]

put a sleep in your process to verify it is running as the user you think you are it may be an issue with the credentials you may also use the /f force pnputil

[ss3vegeta]

put a sleep in your process to verify it is running as the user you think you are it may be an issue with the credentials you may also use the /f force pnputil

How would I put a pause in the process to check? It pops up and leaves very quickly.

Do you mean to use -f with pnputil? I think force can only be used to delete from the driver store.

[ss3vegeta]

I figured it out, the problem was that I was using the wrong flag. I needed to use 2 instead of 0.

RunAsWait($adminAcct, @ComputerName, $adminPass, 2, @ComSpec & " /k pnputil -i -a c:print_driversdriverstorehp001aprnhp001.inf")