Is it possible to change error messages for users connecting to network printers?

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Published on 2010-04-28T12:21:26Z Indexed on 2010/04/28 12:23 UTC
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We are cleaning up our print server (Win XP). To test that printers are no longer really there we have set up some tests.

These tests have left us with 176 questionable printers.

We have now set Print access to Everyone to Deny. Testing shows this gives the user a 5 Access is denied. message.

We would like to change this message for the user, so when they call our workstudy's who answer the phone do not interpret this as a computer rights management issue and can route the call properly.

Is it possible? Is this error number system wide, or just for printing errors? If it's not a system wide error where might the string for this error be?

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