The Active Directory Domain Service is currently unavailable

>
> Sorry. Start again.
>
> I am on a Vista laptop, connected by wireless to an XP-Home (SP2) desktop,
> which is connected to a Canon printer. The entire network is Cable Modem,
> Wireless Router, Desktop and Printer (wired), Laptop (wireless).
>
> There are three accounts on the laptop. All three are connected to the
> internet via the wireless router. Two of them can print to the Canon
> printer,
> but the third cannot.
>
> I give that account Admin rights. I log on as that user. I select "Print"
> from a Word document and the only "Printer" available is "Microsoft XPS
> Document Write". I click "Find Printer", and I get the error message in
> the
> subject line.
>
> I compare this user's network connection settings to the other users. I
> don't see any difference, but there are a lot of settings.
>
> I go to Start/Network. I right-click on the Desktop and select Explore. I
> right-click on SharedDocs and select Explore. I select "Desktop/Printers"
> from the folder structure on the left, and the Canon printer and FAX
> appear
> and say "Ready".
>
> So it seems that the printer is visible to this user (as it is to the
> other
> users), but this user can't print to it.
>
> Ugh. Thanks. (And Thanks, Microsoft, for this support community thing.)
>
>

> I have a Vista computer networked to an XP computer that is physically
> connected to a Samsung printer. I have been printing fine for 8 months
> now. Suddenly I am getting this error message when I try to print from
> the Vista computer. The Vista computer sees the Samsung just fine. The
> Vista computer is able to connect to the XP computer and save a word
> document to the XP and then print. It just can no longer send an item
> to print across the network anymore. Like I said, it had been printing
> fine. How can I make the "Active Directory Domain Service" available
> again?
>
> Thank you,
> Cindy

>
> Cindy Backstein;3940689 Wrote:

>> I have a Vista computer networked to an XP computer that is physically
>> connected to a Samsung printer. I have been printing fine for 8 months
>> now. Suddenly I am getting this error message when I try to print from
>> the Vista computer. The Vista computer sees the Samsung just fine. The
>> Vista computer is able to connect to the XP computer and save a word
>> document to the XP and then print. It just can no longer send an item
>> to print across the network anymore. Like I said, it had been printing
>> fine. How can I make the "Active Directory Domain Service" available
>> again?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Cindy

>
> My husband fixed mine. From the Control Panel, he opened the printers,
> right clicked on the printer I use, then selected Run As Adminsitrator
>
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> Cindy Backstein;3940689 Wrote:

> > I have a Vista computer networked to an XP computer that is physically
> > connected to a Samsung printer. I have been printing fine for 8 months
> > now. Suddenly I am getting this error message when I try to print from
> > the Vista computer. The Vista computer sees the Samsung just fine. The
> > Vista computer is able to connect to the XP computer and save a word
> > document to the XP and then print. It just can no longer send an item
> > to print across the network anymore. Like I said, it had been printing
> > fine. How can I make the "Active Directory Domain Service" available
> > again?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Cindy

>
> My husband fixed mine. From the Control Panel, he opened the printers,
> right clicked on the printer I use, then selected Run As Adminsitrator
>
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> Cindy Backstein;3940689 Wrote:

> > I have a Vista computer networked to an XP computer that is physically
> > connected to a Samsung printer. I have been printing fine for 8 months
> > now. Suddenly I am getting this error message when I try to print from
> > the Vista computer. The Vista computer sees the Samsung just fine. The
> > Vista computer is able to connect to the XP computer and save a word
> > document to the XP and then print. It just can no longer send an item
> > to print across the network anymore. Like I said, it had been printing
> > fine. How can I make the "Active Directory Domain Service" available
> > again?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Cindy

>
> My husband fixed mine. From the Control Panel, he opened the printers,
> right clicked on the printer I use, then selected Run As Adminsitrator
>
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