{"id":2803,"date":"2017-05-07T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2022-06-23T20:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T18:58:16","slug":"windows-10-version-1703-fix-for-network-printer-install-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2017\/05\/07\/windows-10-version-1703-fix-for-network-printer-install-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Version 1703: Fix for network printer install issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]User of Windows 10 Creators Update are facing probably a strange issue: In some scenarios network printer aren't installable. Printer setup won't find the device. Here are a few details and a workaround.<\/p>\n

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What's the problem?<\/h3>\n

\"\"Windows 10 provides a printer install wizard to search for devices and add the appropriate drivers. In Windows 10 Creators Update (Version 1703) the wizard fails on machines, with less then 4 GB RAM. Setup for a network printer (a WSD device) didn't find the the device. The installation fails. <\/p>\n

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WSD stands for Web Service for Devices, a Microsoft API to access devices (Printers, Scanner<\/a>) within a network (see<\/a>).  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In previous Windows 10 version this issue doesn't exists. Microsoft has confirmed<\/a> this issue. <\/p>\n

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When connecting a network printer (a WSD device) to a network with a PC that contains less than 4 GB of memory and is running Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703), if I run the printer's setup software on the PC, the setup software fails to discover and install the printer. This problem did not exist prior to installing the Creators Update.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

They are investigating this issue and offers a workaround. Because the solution is a bit 'short' here are a few additional details. <\/p>\n

How to fix this network printer install issue <\/h3>\n

Microsoft wrote within the MS Answers forum post: Microsoft has confirmed a known issue that may prevent network printer software from discovering and installing the network printer on systems with low memory (< 4GB). This is due to firewall hardening rules added in Windows 10 Version 1703. <\/em>To fix this, they suggest to run the required service within it's own process. Here are the steps:<\/p>\n

1. Enter cmd <\/em>into the task bars search box, and wait, till the Command prompt <\/em>search result entry is shown within the start menu.<\/p>\n

2. Right click the Command prompt <\/em>search result and select the context menu command Run as administrator<\/em>. Confirm UAC. <\/p>\n

3. Enter the command sc config fdphost type=own<\/em> into the administrative command prompt windows and press the enter key.<\/p>\n

4. Restart Windows and try to install the network printer again. <\/p>\n

At this point a few background information. fdphost <\/em>is a service (Function Discovery Provider Host<\/a>) to detect network devices. Obviously this service has trouble to be executed in Windows 10 Version 1703, if memory runs low. The command used above uses the sc <\/em>command to advise Windows, to execute the fdphost<\/em> service within its own process (see also this Technet article<\/a> and this discussion<\/a>). It seems, that isolating fdphost <\/em>within it's own process, solves the issue \u2013 the network printer will be found via WSD, the installation should run successfully. <\/p>\n

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