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StarWarsGirl

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englanddg said:
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Good. Hello.

I'm having a printing issue. When I was trying to print an assignment, my computer decided to tell me that there were no printers available. I determined that the printer is communicating just fine as I printed the assignment off my RT. When I hit "Add printer" it told me that "The Active Directory Domain Services is currently unavailable". What the heck does that mean and how do I fix this? The printer appears in my control panel
 
englanddg

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Oh god, tech support.

So, lets start with a few basic questions.

1) What version of Windows?
2) Is the printer connected directly to the computer, or is it networked?
3) Do you control administrative rights on both the machine you are using and the printer? Or is this a shared unit with limited admin rights?

Answer that, and I'll give you some ideas.
 
StarWarsGirl

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englanddg said:
Oh god, tech support.

So, lets start with a few basic questions.

1) What version of Windows?
2) Is the printer connected directly to the computer, or is it networked?
3) Do you control administrative rights on both the machine you are using and the printer? Or is this a shared unit with limited admin rights?

Answer that, and I'll give you some ideas.
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Sorry, I don't know who else to call when I need tech support at 10 at night!
1. 8
2. Networked. That's how I printed from my RT
3. It's my computer and my printer, so yes.
 
englanddg

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8...lovely. 8 is fraught with random issues, and I personally hate it. It's Vista all over again, but worse (as it's more limited)...

Sad, since 7 was so solid.

When you go to "add a printer", do you choose to let Windows "find the printer" itself in the wizard?
 
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englanddg said:
8...lovely. 8 is fraught with random issues, and I personally hate it. It's Vista all over again, but worse (as it's more limited)...

Sad, since 7 was so solid.

When you go to "add a printer", do you choose to let Windows "find the printer" itself in the wizard?
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My old 7 had bios issues, so I'm much happier with the 8 (It's 8.1 actually; I got the upgrade)

Yes I let Windows find the printer itself. I also have something installed on here from HP for the printer.

Oh, and the computer should have several other printing options (my parents' printer on the home group, print to OneNote) and none of them are appearing.
 
englanddg

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8.1 is worse, and I highly doubt you had bios issues with 7 (don't argue this with me, sorry, but that statement alone shows me you know just enough about computers to think you know about computers...which makes me weary...)

So, moving on...

8.1 sucks.

But, there are ways around it.

Does your network printer have a static IP?
 
StarWarsGirl

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englanddg said:
8.1 is worse, and I highly doubt you had bios issues with 7 (don't argue this with me, sorry, but that statement alone shows me you know just enough about computers to think you know about computers...which makes me weary...)

So, moving on...

8.1 sucks.

But, there are ways around it.

Does your network printer have a static IP?
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Considering I locked the bios on the 95 when I was 9...yup I know just enough to be dangerous. Which is why I don't mess around with it without help. All I know if that my 7 used to get stuck and would not start and the only thing that worked to get the OS to even load was to run diagnostics on the bios. Eventually the 7 developed a processing problem (according to the cricket guy at Best Buy) and I got the 8. Start Menu 8 stopped working properly when I got 8.1

Yes, it's got an IP address.
 
englanddg

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
Considering I locked the bios on the 95 when I was 9...yup I know just enough to be dangerous. Which is why I don't mess around with it without help. All I know if that my 7 used to get stuck and would not start and the only thing that worked to get the OS to even load was to run diagnostics on the bios. Eventually the 7 developed a processing problem (according to the cricket guy at Best Buy) and I got the 8. Start Menu 8 stopped working properly when I got 8.1

Yes, it's got an IP address.
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I won't address anything you wrote, outside of to say...

Add the printer using the override.

Here's how.

http://www.tp-link.us/article/?faqid=459
 
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Truer words have never been spoken. Well, at least not in these forums anyway.
Of all my travels over the last few decades to find my true self - Nepal, Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Cleveland Mongolia, India, China, Japan, Fresno and Luckenbach, Texas, it was not until I came here and clicked on WITWIBS? That I was overcome with TRUE enlightenment. Truly a revelation beyond further words. There is NO WAY I could ever repay you all.
I'm verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves...
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hahaha, I think I wet myself.
 
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So I was watching The Incredibles tonight and was thinking in the beginning why was Buddy out after dark and roaming the city streets dressed like a little superhero sidekick? If his parents had known where he was or at least checked on him, Mr. Incredible wouldn't have been taken down that night and the following events wouldn't have happened. But then there wouldn't be an Incredibles movie and I would be sad. :( I wish they would make an Incredibles 2 someday. They left plenty of story lines to pick up from.
 
StarWarsGirl

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MOXOMUMD said:
So I was watching The Incredibles tonight and was thinking in the beginning why was Buddy out after dark and roaming the city streets dressed like a little superhero sidekick? If his parents had known where he was or at least checked on him, Mr. Incredible wouldn't have been taken down that night and the following events wouldn't have happened. But then there wouldn't be an Incredibles movie and I would be sad. :( I wish they would make an Incredibles 2 someday. They left plenty of story lines to pick up from.
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What kind of parents raise a kid that becomes a super villain? Or don't get him help when he obviously needed it?

Because of Incredibles, though, I now consider superheros such as Spiderman, Black Widow, Iron Man, and the Flash to be highly intelligent while Wonder Woman, Batman, Captain America, and Thor (who is hot) need to work on their outfits. Literally.;)

Incredibles 2 would be awesome. It's been a while since they did the first one. But first, Finding Dory!!!!

And Star Wars. Maybe. I don't know. Not sure how I feel about it
 
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