disable printer mapping on windows 2003 terminal server

if just for one user, quite interesting , there is no need for group policy

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff519145(WS.10).aspx

To configure per user printer redirection settings

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1. Do either of the following, depending on whether you are configuring settings for a domain user or for a local user on the terminal server.
   
   • To configure settings for a domain user, on a domain controller, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
     
   • To configure settings for a local user, on a terminal server, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, click Computer Management, and then expand Local Users and Groups.
     
2. In the console tree, locate the user for whom you want to configure printer redirection settings.
3. Right-click the user name, and then click Properties.
4. On the Environment tab, configure the following settings:
   
   • Connect client printers at logon
     
     If you clear this check box, client printers are not automatically connected. However, a user can still manually map their client printer.
     
   • Default to main client printer
     
     Select this check box to print to the default printer of the client. If you clear this check box, the default printer of the server is used as the default printer for all client sessions.

 

 

this is tested to be working