Windows 7 seems to have a fairly frequent error with trust relationships between the workstation and the domain controller. When you attempt to log into your local machine you may get an error that reads:
“the trust relationship between this workstation and primary domain failed”
As such, you are unable to log onto the Domain. Fixing this error is generally not very difficult and is simply a matter of leaving the domain and rejoining the domain. Please note that you will need the log on details for the local machine as well.
To rejoin the domain follow the steps below:
- Right-click on Computer and click on Properties…
- Under Computer Name, Domain and Workgroup settings click on change settings.
- Under the Computer Name tab click on Change…
- Click on Workgroup and type in ‘’WORKGROUP’’
- Restart your computer.
- Follow steps 1 to 3 again and this time select domain and type in your Domain name.
- That’s it, just restart your machine and log back into the domain.
The cause of this issue seems to vary from trying different anti-virus software to just not being logged into the local machine for some time, and there doesn’t seem to be a definitive reason for the cause.
For further reading and alternative fixes for this issue please look at the link below:
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