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Could not establish trust relationship

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by promisenyamhute

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I have a server running NT4 and a workstation running Win2000.The workstation was connecting properly to the server until an error message started popping up saying "no trust relationship could be established btween workstation and primary domain controller". In this case no authentications can be done at this work station because its account is not available on server. Help

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by joshg

I think you delete the computer account on the domain controller and readd. You may have to rejoin the domain at W2K machine. There is a knowledge base article on a similar problem but I can't find it now.

by gigelul

To establish the trust relationship follows this steps:
-check in Server Manager for the name of the workstation and remove it
-Go to the workstation, logon as Local Admin and in Network properties \ Change \ Set the workstation as member of workgroup.
-Reboot computer
-Logon again as Local Admin and in Network properties set the workstation as member of domain. Also enable the option and give the name and password of the Domain Admin account.
-Reboot computer
That is all you need to do.

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