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BradBo - 30 Apr 2005 13:22 GMT

I am on a laptop and I am trying to print a doc. from my laptop to a printer
on my home network.
When I go to "Find Printer" I keep getting an error message.
"Directory Services is currently unavailable".
How to I make it available.
Thanks Brad

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Dian D. Chapman, MVP - 01 May 2005 20:14 GMT

I don't know the answer, but I ran a quick google search and found
similar info. If the info below doesn't help, I'd suggest you post to
the appropriate Windows networking group for further help...

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> When adding or searching for a printer receiving
> message "The directory service is currently unavailable".
> Running Windows 2000. Only happening on machines that
> were reinstalled. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated....

Usually a DNS lookup problem. Make sure on any machines (DCs. member
servers, current machines and the ones you reinstalled) ONLY use the
internal DNS server since that is where clients will "LOOK" for AD
stuff. If you are using your ISP's DNS in any machines IP properties,
then this can cause this problem, among numerous other problems.

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>I am on a laptop and I am trying to print a doc. from my laptop to a printer
>on my home network.
>When I go to "Find Printer" I keep getting an error message.
>"Directory Services is currently unavailable".
>How to I make it available.
>Thanks Brad

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