Specify the Printer Browser Timeout

This setting is used to specify the time a network printer should remain in the browse list before it is removed.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NetPrinterDecayPeriod' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print]
Name: NetPrinterDecayPeriod
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: 0 to 4294967295 milliseconds (Default is 3,600,000)