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.

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