JSI Tip 0375 - The Trust Relationship Between Workstation and Domain Failed.

Jerold Schulman

December 30, 1997

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If you receive the subject message during a Net Use or Net View or in User Manager while trying to add an account from a Workstation or Member Server or you can not log onto the console because the computer account is missing, then:

The computer's machine account has the incorrect role or its password has become mismatched with that of the domain database.

To resolve the problem, log on locally as a local administrator. In Control Panel / Network, select Change and enter a Workgroup name, leaving the domain and reboot, logging on locally. Join the domain by either of the following methods:

In Control Panel / Network, select Change and enter the Domain Name if you can provide an administrator username and password on the domain.

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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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