Directory pruning interval

Specifies how often the pruning service on a domain controller contacts computers to verify that their printers are operational.

The pruning service periodically contacts computers that have published printers. If a computer does not respond to the contact message (optionally, after repeated attempts), the pruning service "prunes" (deletes from Active Directory) printer objects the computer has published.

By default, the pruning service contacts computers every eight hours and allows two repeated contact attempts before deleting printers from Active Directory.

If you enable this setting, you can change the interval between contact attempts.

If you do not configure or disable this setting the default values will be used.

Note: This setting is used only on domain controllers.

Supported on: At least Windows 2000

The Pruning Interval determines the period of time the pruner

sleeps between checks for abandoned PrintQueues.

Interval:


  1. Continuous
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value0
  2. 10 Minutes
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value10
  3. 30 Minutes
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value30
  4. 1 Hour
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value60
  5. 4 Hours
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value240
  6. 8 Hours
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value480
  7. 12 Hours
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value720
  8. 1 Day
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value1440
  9. 2 Days
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value2880
  10. 3 Days
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value4320
  11. 4 Days
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value5760
  12. 5 Days
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value7200
  13. 6 Days
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value8640
  14. 1 Week
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value10080
  15. 2 Weeks
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value20160
  16. 3 Weeks
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value30240
  17. 4 Weeks
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value40320
  18. 5 Weeks
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value50400
  19. 6 Weeks
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value60480
  20. 7 Weeks
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value70560
  21. Infinite
    Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers
    Value NamePruningInterval
    Value TypeREG_DWORD
    Value4294967295


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