That's a question you should address to the System Administrator of your
network.
If you still cannot reach a solution, ask in the Newsgroups relating to
Servers and Active Directory.

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Cari (MS-MVP) Printing & Imaging
www.coribright.com/windows
>I was using a network printer without problem and suddenly the printer
> dissapear and when I try to find it I get a message that says the "active
> directory is unavailable".
> How do I make it available or how do I find the printer. Even if I try to
> find it by installing a new printer it cannot find anything.