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
    2017-04-27T16:42:48+00:00

    Hello **** 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

    Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think

    this is a bad

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-04-23T20:41:04+00:00

    Hello **** 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

    Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think

    I cannot find "run as administrator"   All I get after the Actvie Directory Domain Service is unavailable now" is a message which says "the spooler is not running".

        Please let me know how I get my printer back on sinc with my computer

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-04-03T22:54:22+00:00

    THANK!!!! OMFG ive been doing this for hours and restarting this worked thx so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-04-03T20:24:50+00:00

    In the sequence you gave there is no option to run as administrator

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