How do you fix a trust relationship between a workstation and a primary domain?

Question

The actual error message read: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.

Could someone give a precise, detailed explanation of how to fix this? Also, if you know what could have caused this, I would like to know.

Thanks

Answer 1

Right click on My Computer on the workstation and select Properties.

Click on the Computer Name tab and then click the Change button. Select the workgroup dial button and set the workgroup to Workgroup.   This will remove you from the domain. Enter the admin username and password and reboot.

The Workstations trust has now been reset.  

Upon reboot, verify that the domain no longer sees your computer as a member.  You do this by logging into the Domain Controller (DC) and use Active Directory Users and Computers.  Traverse down the Active Directory name and into the Computers folder.  Look for your computer.  If it is still there... keep refreshing until it is gone.

Once it is gone.... add it back into the active directory from the workstation reversing the process of removing.

The workstations domain account became corrupt.

Answer 2

Is your domain using a Certificate Authority for certificates? Or do you use a PKI?

Administrative Tools > Active Directory Domains and Trusts. Right click the domain name > Manage > Find the computer in it's OU and reset account.

You need to find out why it is happening however.

Cheers

Answer 3

Remove from the domain and re-add. Try to change the computer name that can also help

Answer 4

Take the PC out of the domain. Delete the workstation object from the domain, if it remains. Add the PC back into the domain.