SP 51804: The “Browse for a printer” option is missing from the “Add Printer Wizard”

Symptom: When you select “Start => Control Panel => Printers and Faxes => Add a printer” to add a network printer or a printer connected to a remote computer, you will notice that the “Browse for a printer” option is missing from the “Add Printer Wizard.
Resolution: This change will examine the system registry and modify the Printer settings to restore the “Browse for a printer” option in the “Add Printer Wizard”.
Category: Printing

1. Enable TCP/IP printer ports
2. Enable file and printer sharing through the firewall
3. Enable the Print Spooler service
4. Printer status is set to “Offline”
5. Printer status is set to “Pause”

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