Showing posts with label Active Directory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Active Directory. Show all posts

Sunday, December 8, 2013

The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed

Relationship issues are fun!!
When you try to access a computer running Windows NT Server or Workstation that is a member of your domain with one of the following method, and it fails... it will show this message:
System Error 1789 has occurred. The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.
Cause:
The computer's machine account has the incorrect role or its password has become mismatched with that of the domain database.
Fix:
Log on locally as a local administrator (If you can). In the Network tool of Control Panel, select Change and enter a Workgroup name, leaving the domain. Restart the computer and log on locally as a local administrator.
Or
You can delete the existing computer account in Server Manager, recreate the computer account, synchronize the domain, and then on the client rejoin the domain.