The Active Directory Domain Services is currently unavailable

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I have a home network with a Dell 4600 running Windows XP and a Dell XP410
running Vista Home Premium. I recently purchased a Dell 1420 Laptop connect
it via Ethernet to the network. After I set up the laptop, I was able to
print files from it to the Canon printer connected to the XP410. I was gone
for a month on a trip with the laptop. When I got back, I reconnected the
laptop ethernet cable to the Netgear router. When I try to print a file, I
get the message, "The Active Directory Domain Services is currently
unavailable."

Can anyone give me a clue as to what might have gotten reset? I have never
done anything with domains before, and other searches I've done suggest that
Home Premium doesn't support Active Directory.

Thanks.
 
How do I capture the results of the "ipconfig /all" command? I can se them,
but I don't know how to cut and paste them into a response. Thanks for your
help. I looked at the results, but I have no idea what I'm looking for.
--
Lyle
Montrose, Colorado


Robert L. (MS-MVP) said:
It could be the name resolution. Posting the result of ipconfig /all here
may help.

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You can do "ipconfig /all >C:\ipconfig.txt". then copy the ipconfig.txt from
C drive.

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Montrose Lyle said:
How do I capture the results of the "ipconfig /all" command? I can se
them,
but I don't know how to cut and paste them into a response. Thanks for
your
help. I looked at the results, but I have no idea what I'm looking for.
Click to expand...
 
Here it is. Good luck, and thanks again.


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Inspiron1420
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hosts.bc1.bresnan.net

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-26-F1-E6-21
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-26-91-E6-54
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hosts.bc1.bresnan.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-A0-FE-18-8D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8156:c2b5:8693:be33%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, November 10, 2007 3:57:44 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 18, 2143 2:51:54 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333408
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 69.144.49.30
69.146.17.2
69.144.49.29
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4136:e390:c36:3914:3f57:fffc(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c36:3914:3f57:fffc%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hosts.bc1.bresnan.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hosts.bc1.bresnan.net
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.3%15(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 69.144.49.30
69.146.17.2
69.144.49.29
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{96452B77-DAB3-4862-86F2-8B46C85C3ED0}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
 
Hi again Robert.

I was just on my desktop, and I hit the wrong button. When I went to press
the properties button as I was preparing to print a file, I accidently
pressed "Find a printer". I immediately got the same error message. If the
printer I want is not in the list and I want to find a new one, I can't do so.

I hope this additional information helps a bit.
 
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 69.144.49.30
69.146.17.2
69.144.49.29
are ISP DNS. It is better to use an internal DNS.

Troubleshooting DNSIf DNS is not set up on the Domain controller correctly,
domain-wide issues can occur such as replication between domain controllers.
If DNS is not set up ...
www.chicagotech.net/dnstroubleshooting.htm


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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


Montrose Lyle said:
Here it is. Good luck, and thanks again.


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Inspiron1420
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hosts.bc1.bresnan.net

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-26-F1-E6-21
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-26-91-E6-54
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hosts.bc1.bresnan.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-A0-FE-18-8D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::8156:c2b5:8693:be33%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, November 10, 2007 3:57:44
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, December 18, 2143 2:51:54
PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333408
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 69.144.49.30
69.146.17.2
69.144.49.29
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4136:e390:c36:3914:3f57:fffc(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::c36:3914:3f57:fffc%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hosts.bc1.bresnan.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hosts.bc1.bresnan.net
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.3%15(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 69.144.49.30
69.146.17.2
69.144.49.29
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{96452B77-DAB3-4862-86F2-8B46C85C3ED0}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Hi Robert,

I think you've lost me. I've read your website and others to understand
what to do, but I'm not sure what changes to make or how to make them. It is
a bit scary to me to get into changing DNS numbers when I have no idea what
I'm doing.

What mystifies me is why it worked fine a few weeks ago, and now it doesn't.
I haven't knowingly changed anything to do with DNS. Doing a query on the
web, I saw the same thing happened to other people.

I'll put my problem on hold until I can get some more information.

Thanks again for trying.
 
Hi Robert,

In command prompt, I get the following dialog:

c:\Users\Lyle Clugg>net view \\remotepcname
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.

c:\Users\Lyle Clugg>


(Note that on my desktop system, I get the same response, except there the
user is just "Lyle", not "Lyle Clugg". I'm not sure if they must be
identical on the two computers.)

I hope this helps.
 
System error 53 is name resolution or firewall issue. This search result may
help.
System Errors
System error 1219 has occurred - The credentials supplied conflict
with an existing set ... Case Study - System Error 53 - The network path was
not found. ...
www.chicagotech.net/systemerrors.htm - Similar pages

Network troubleshooting
You may receive "System error 53 has occurred. The network path was
not found" when using net view \\computername from a remote computer. ...
www.chicagotech.net/nettroublshooting.htm


--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
 
Hi Robert,

I tried everything I could understand on the case study, without any luck.
I also just tried printing something on my wife's computer (which uses XP),
and nothing is happening. I don't get an error message, but it isn't
printing. There is nothing in the status field for the print queue. I then
tried printing something from her computer on my printer. It doesn't print,
but the status field says, "Error - Printing".

Six weeks ago I could print from any computer to any printer. Now, I can
only print on the printer attached to the computer.

I don't know what else to do.

Lyle
 
Hi Robert,

I tried everything I could understand on  the case study, without any luck.  
I also just tried printing something on my wife's computer (which uses XP),
and nothing is happening.  I don't get an error message, but it isn't
printing.  There is nothing in the status field for the print queue.  I then
tried printing something from her computer on my printer.  It doesn't print,
but the status field says, "Error - Printing".

Six weeks ago I could print from any computer to any printer.  Now, I can
only print on the printer attached to the computer.

I don't know what else to do.

Lyle
--
Lyle
Montrose, Colorado








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If you get this resolved, I would surely like to know how - I'm having
the identical problem.
 
I'm still having the problem. I hope that it will magically go away when
Microsoft install a new fix, but so far it isn't happening. I'm leaving on a
trip in a few days. If it doesn't work when I get back, I'll contact
Microsoft directly and pay to correct the problem.

Let me know if you find an answer. I'm pretty sure it is a bug, since
things used to work fine, but I may have just changed a setting or something.
 
Do you guys get system error 53?

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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


Hi Robert,

I tried everything I could understand on the case study, without any luck.
I also just tried printing something on my wife's computer (which uses
XP),
and nothing is happening. I don't get an error message, but it isn't
printing. There is nothing in the status field for the print queue. I then
tried printing something from her computer on my printer. It doesn't
print,
but the status field says, "Error - Printing".

Six weeks ago I could print from any computer to any printer. Now, I can
only print on the printer attached to the computer.

I don't know what else to do.

Lyle
--
Lyle
Montrose, Colorado








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If you get this resolved, I would surely like to know how - I'm having
the identical problem.
 
I have experienced the same problem. In addition to being unable to find the
wireless printer on the network, I can no longer print to OneNote from Word.
The problem first became visible to me around 26 December.

I am running an HP Pavlion with Vista Home. The network is Ethernet and
also hosts two PC's still operating on XP, but rarely used. The only major
update has been MS Office Service Pack 1, installed 12 December.

I am very frustrated by this since the installation was workingvery
effectively and I really loved the OneNote functionality. Surely this is a
bug.
 
The problem is fixed today. I did something different, and I've been able
to share two printers amongst all three computers on the network. The
solution was so simple, I cannot figure out why I didn't do it before.
Something seemed different today, so I don't know if something has changed.
At least it works now. Here is what I did:

1. Click the Start menu > Click Network

An icon for every computer on the network should appear.

2. Double click on the icon for the computer with the printer you want to
access.

An icon for that printer should appear. (If not, go to that computer and
make sure that printer is shared.)

3. Double click the icon for that printer.

A window for that printer appears with a message that the printer is being
located. When it finds it, the printer is ready.

What I don't remember is doing these steps. I think after I set up sharing,
I went to my laptop and tried to print. When I tried to select the printer,
I got the "Active Directory" error message. In the instructions I had read
about sharing a printer, I don't remember reading that I had to do these
three steps. Maybe to some people it is obvious that you have to do these
steps, but to me it was only accidental that I stumbled onto it.

Anyway, it works now.
 
To Lyle and anyone else that has experieced this problem...HERE IS THE
DEFINITIVE FIX.
First...a summary of the problem.: Your network and all its computers
were working fine and then suddenly your Vista laptop stopped printing
wirelessly. The scenario is universally ocurring when a laptop
computer using Microsoft Vista cannot print wirelessly to a network
printer (of any manufacturer type) connected by USB to another
computer on the network (typically the desktop computer).. The desktop
(host) computer typically has the Windows XP operating system.
Typically, the printer can be viewed from the Vista laptop, It just
can't be accessed for printing. File sharing and all other aspects of
the wireless network work fine.
THE FIX IS RELATIVELY SIMPLE.
You must install the problem printer's Vista drivers onto the desktop
(host) computer.. Since the Vista drivers are backward compatable with
Windows XP, all other computers on the netwrk using the Windows XP
operating system will still work.. Additionally, you need to have the
Vista drivers for the host printer installed on the Vista laptop.
WHY THE PROBLEM ALL OF A SUDDEN? I am not sure, but my best guess is
that Microsoft issued an update that materially changed either the
Vista and/or XP operating systems which create this conflict. As
computers receive these updates, the problem appears. Not everyone
receives automatic updates and some people never recieive any updaes
for their computers.They will nox experience the problem. Again, its
an issue when the host computer is XP and the laptop is Vista. Also,
my guess is that many people are just living with the problem of not
being able to print wirelessly.
IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU.....SEND ME AN AT-A-BOY!
dean
 
Dean,

Thanks for the solution. My problem is somewhat different in that I am
working on two Vista boxes. I did something different in the procedure of
locating the printer, and everything worked. Before trying to print, I
clicked on Network, then my host icon. At that point, I have to enter my
user name and password. Then the printer icon. After those things were
located, I then went to the document I wanted to print on my laptop. When I
try to print, my host printer now appears in the list of printers and I can
select it and it works fine.

Before, all I did was to select the file and try to print it. I couldn't
get the icon to appear and got the directory domain error message. Microsoft
may simply have to change their instructions. This procedure may have been
obvious to some, but it wasn't to me.

I'm sure your solution will fix someone's problem. Thanks for the
information. You are right, most people probably just give up and live
without.
 
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