GPO policy: "Configure RPC connection settings" — authentication sub-option, under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Printers. Controls whether RPC authentication is used for outgoing RPC over named pipes connections to remote print spoolers. Registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Printers\RPC:RpcAuthentication (REG_DWORD). Reference: Policy CSP - Printers (ConfigureRpcConnectionSettings)
Values
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Default authentication behavior (registry value 0). Domain-joined computers enable RPC authentication for named pipes; non-domain-joined computers disable it. |
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RPC authentication explicitly enabled (registry value 1) for named-pipe outgoing connections. |
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RPC authentication explicitly disabled (registry value 2) for named-pipe outgoing connections. |
Used by
ComputerAdministrativeTemplatestype: Computer-specific Administrative Templates (ADMX) settings on an Endpoint.
Example
Example
"DEFAULT"