Well, it probably does not apply here... 1. (Trivial?) Office 2003 (not 2007) used here
2. There is only once PC, and the printer is connected directly to the PC (most likely via USB) 3. The original poster to that forum said there were no issues when printing from the "main PC". My coworker cannot get Office to print to the "main PC". Should she try considering it to be a "network printer" and take that route? Possibly deleting the printer and re-boot, hoping that Plug-and-Pray will fix things? Thanks again. At least that link hints that it is probably an MS system screwiness rather than a "loss of ownership" (crack/hack) issue (so we hope!). -- richard Stephan Barr <stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com> wrote on 12/08/2009 08:09:32 AM: > Check this... > http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=3875#3875 > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:12 AM, <richardmccl...@aspca.org> wrote: > > Greetings! > > A coworker just approached me with a paper on which she'd written a > screen message... > > She has some flavor of Vista Home (Premium?) and (she hopes!) is the > sole user. There are no other PCs in her condo. > > "Recently", she has experienced a pretty disturbing problem. She > can go to the Control Panel for "printers" and print a test page on > her printer with no issues. > > On the other hand, when she tries to print to Word (Office 2003), > she gets this: > > "The Active Directory Domain Services is currently unavailable" > (and, she cannot print). > > She is disturbed that she cannot print. I am concerned that Active > Directory Domain Services on a machine which not only should not be > on any network (other than Comcast cable IP service) and, being a > "home" version, should not even be able to belong to an AD domain. > > Any ideas? Thanks! > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > richardmccl...@aspca.org > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® > (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
