clicking Find Printer shows error "The Active Directory Domain Services is currently unavailable" i am on a home network

Anonymous
2010-05-21T12:33:03+00:00

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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Anonymous
2010-05-28T03:56:59+00:00

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

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-06-18T17:09:35+00:00

    I have same issues with Windows 10. As you know that control panel in windows 10 is a little different from the older control panel, there is no Printers option there. How to fix this problem? Please help...

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-06-02T10:58:35+00:00

    You may need this:

    1. Open Administrative Tools by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Administrative Tools.
    3. Double-click Services. ...
    5. Right-click the Print Spooler service, and then click Properties.
    7. Then if the status says "Stopped" just press "start" and you shoukd be all good.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-25T12:28:25+00:00

    Thank you so much, this worked!  I never would have found the Print Spooler and that somehow it had switched to Stopped.  You are my saviour!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-04-01T16:45:27+00:00

    Nothing has worked for me - I have tried all these options (and more) and still I have no printing facility from my laptop.  All wireless communications seem to have been severed with the main desk computer so, although I have internet access via the same router, I can no longer access shared documents on the other computer, nor even see that computer in the network centre.  It's crazy - it just happened out of the blue with no changes since the last time it was all working.

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