Exam MD-100 topic 5 question 104 discussion

Actual exam question from Microsoft's MD-100

Question #: 104
Topic #: 5

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You have a computer that runs Windows 10 and contains a user named User1.

You need to ensure that User1 can add a third-party driver package for a printer to the driver store of the computer. The solution must use the principle of the least privilege.

To which local group should you add User1, and what should User1 run? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.

NOTE: Each correct selection is worth one point.

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by culturalsponge at Jan. 8, 2023, 1:04 p.m.

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hiko

Highly Voted 2 years, 5 months ago

Device owner group doesn't have permissions to user add-printerdriver (requires admin) The correct answer is Administrators / pnputil.exe pnputil.exe is used exactly to add drivers to the driver store

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ChrisC21

Most Recent 2 years, 3 months ago

Did a bit of research on this and tested on virtual machine. The first answer is absolutely "Administrator". BUT, the second answer could be either pnputil or Add-PrinterDriver. When installing a driver, it is added to the driver store on Windows 10. The Add-PrintDriver cmdlet does result in the driver being added and installed, however the pnputil does add a driver directly to the store without the install phase (unless you specifi /install). The tricky part comes in how these two methods function. The question asked what we should use to include the driver in the driver store, not install the driver. The answer will depend upon the circumstance, but without any additional info or requirements, the best answer seems to be pnputil, which is general purpose in adding drivers to the driver store. So, answer is: Administrator/pnputil

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culturalsponge

2 years, 5 months ago

Group needs to be administrators and not Device Owners - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/manage/understand-security-groups#device-owners Run is pnputil as this is adding drivers to the driver store and not installing a printer - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/pnputil

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