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When I try to "Find Printer (in MSWord, e.g.) I get the message: The Active Directory Domain Services is currently unavailable.
I'm running Vista Ultimate (SP2) on a home network; and I'm the Administrator.
How do I make the ADDS available?
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Hello Dick Bard,
Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Answers forum! To add to Lorie – One’s suggestion, please try following the steps below:
>Go to Control Panel
> Select Printers
> Right-click on Add Printer
> Select Run as Administrator
Now try to add your network printer.
Please let me know if this helps J
Adam
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Go into Control Panel, Printers and click Add New Printer. Click Network Printer, and then click Browse for Printer and when you find it add it. See if this helps.
I hope this helps.
Good luck!
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Lorien,
No luck. When Vista searched for available printers, it didn't find any; all of them are already loaded. Clicking on Find Printer, in Word, still produced the The Active Directory Domain Services is currently unavailable message.
I have the same problem. Excel 2010 says "No printers installed." However, it lists all of the printers that ARE installed. Add printer doesn't work because of the Active Directory Domain service problem mentioned in the original question, which has not been addressed in any of these answers. I do not have a domain server, just a home network. Furthermore, Excel was printing until yesterday, when I had a problem starting Windows 7. The printer troubleshooter suggested making the problem printer the default printer, but couldn't accomplish that task. No details available. In fact, there is no default printer set, and Windows won't let me set one as the default, quoting error 0x00000709 as the reason, and advising me to check the printer name and make sure the printer is connected to the network. Interestingly, Word 2010 prints just fine.
I have same issue. Responses from MS are canned and of no help.
