by Drew | Mar 1, 2014 | Blog Posts, Window 7, Windows XP
The Trust Relationship Between This Workstation And The Primary Domain Has Failed

The Trust Relationship Between This Workstation And The Primary Domain Has Failed
The Trust Relationship Between This Workstation And The Primary Domain Has Failed
Recently a remotely working coworker began to experience some issues with his Dell Latitude E 4310 Windows Pro 7 Notebook. At that time the easiest solution was to use system restore. System Restore worked like a charm. However on his return to the office he was greeted with the following message upon logging in “The Trust Relationship Between This Workstation And The Primary Domain Has Failed“. This was new to me so I typed the phrase in my favorite search engine DuckDuckGo. The results were as I expected and this has been a Windows annoyance at least as far back as Windows XP.
There appeared to be many reasons for this happening including a bug in the OS. However in my case the The Trust Relationship Between This Workstation And The Primary Domain Has Failed error was due to the system restore resetting the workstation to a point far enough back in time that the shared security information between the domain controller and the workstation were no longer in sync. So the The Trust Relationship Between This Workstation And The Primary Domain Has Failed error was in fact my own doing.
I read many documents on the fixes but I took the path of least resistance. I simply rejoined the domain using the steps outlined below.
- Logon in as an administrator of the local workstation account and not your domain. (Because you can’t log on to the domain)
- Navigate to the “Control Panel” > “System and Security” > “System” > “Advanced System Settings”
- The above will open up the “System Properties” window
- In the “System Properties” window select the “Computer Name” tab.
- Click the “Network ID” button and go through the wizard to join your domain.
- Reboot
That will make your The Trust Relationship Between This Workstation And The Primary Domain Has Failed error go away.
by Drew | Oct 26, 2010 | Blog Posts, Tips,Tricks, Windows XP |
Impress your friends with your knowledge of Windows XP run commands
Windows XP Run Command List
- Accessibility Controls – access.cpl
- Accessibility Wizard – accwiz
- Add Hardware – Wizardhdwwiz.cpl
- Add/Remove Programs – appwiz.cpl
- Administrative Tools control – admintools
- Adobe Acrobat (if installed) – acrobat
- Adobe Designer (if installed)- acrodist
- Adobe Distiller (if installed)- acrodist
- Adobe ImageReady (if installed)- imageready
- Adobe Photoshop (if installed)- photoshop
- Automatic Updates – wuaucpl.cpl
- Bluetooth Transfer Wizard – fsquirt
- Calculator – calc
- Certificate Manager – certmgr.msc
- Character Map – charmap
- Check Disk Utility – chkdsk
- Clipboard Viewer – clipbrd
- Command Prompt – cmd
- Component Services – dcomcnfg
- Computer Management – compmgmt.msc
- Control Panel – control
- Date and Time Properties – timedate.cpl
- DDE Shares – ddeshare
- Device Manager – devmgmt.msc
- Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)- directx.cpl
- Direct X Troubleshooter- dxdiag
- Disk Cleanup Utility- cleanmgr
- Disk Defragment- dfrg.msc
- Disk Management- diskmgmt.msc
- Disk Partition Manager- diskpart
- Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)- control color
- Display Properties- control desktop
- Display Properties- desk.cpl
- Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility- drwtsn32
- Driver Verifier Utility- verifier
- Event Viewer- eventvwr.msc
- File Signature Verification Tool- sigverif
- Files and Settings Transfer Tool- migwiz
- Findfast- findfast.cpl
- Firefox (if installed)- firefox
- Folders Properties- control folders
- Fonts- control fonts
- Fonts Folder- fonts
- Free Cell Card Game- freecell
- Game Controllers- joy.cpl
- Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)- gpedit.msc
- Hearts Card Game- mshearts
- Help and Support- helpctr
- HyperTerminal- hypertrm
- Iexpress Wizard- iexpress
- Indexing Service- ciadv.msc
- Internet Connection Wizard- icwconn1
- Internet Explorer- iexplore
- Internet Properties- inetcpl.cpl
- Internet Setup Wizard- inetwiz
- IP Configuration (Delete DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /flushdns
- IP Configuration (Display Connection Configuration) – ipconfi/all
- IP Configuration (Display DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig/showclassid
- IP Configuration (Display DNS Cache Contents)- ipconfig /displaydns
- IP Configuration (Modifies DHCP Class ID)- ipconfig /setclassid
- IP Configuration (Release All Connections)- ipconfig /release
- IP Configuration (Renew All Connections)- ipconfig /renew
- IP Configuration(RefreshesDHCP&Re-RegistersDNS)-ipconfig/registerdns
- Java Control Panel (If Installed)- javaws
- Java Control Panel (If Installed)- jpicpl32.cpl
- Keyboard Properties – control keyboard
- Local Security Settings – secpol.msc
- Local Users and Groups – lusrmgr.msc
- Logs You Out Of Windows – logoff…..
- Malicious Software Removal Tool – mrt
- Microsoft Access (if installed) – access.cpl
- Microsoft Chat – winchat
- Microsoft Excel (if installed) – excel
- Microsoft Frontpage (if installed)- frontpg
- Microsoft Movie Maker – moviemk
- Microsoft Paint – mspaint
- Microsoft Powerpoint (if installed)- powerpnt
- Microsoft Syncronization Tool – mobsync
- Microsoft Word (if installed)- winword
- Minesweeper Game – winmine
- Mouse Properties – control mouse
- Mouse Properties – main.cpl
- Nero (if installed)- nero
- Netmeeting – conf
- Network Connections – control netconnections
- Network Connections – ncpa.cpl
- Network Setup Wizard – netsetup.cpl
- Notepad – notepad
- Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed)- nvtuicpl.cpl
- Object Packager – packager
- ODBC Data Source Administrator- odbccp32.cpl
- On Screen Keyboard – osk
- Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) – ac3filter.cpl
- Outlook Express – msimn
- Paint – pbrush
- Password Properties – password.cpl
- Performance Monitor – perfmon.msc
- Phone and Modem Options – telephon.cpl
- Phone Dialer – dialer
- Pinball Game – pinball
- Power Configuration – powercfg.cpl
- Printers and Faxes – control printers
- Printers Folder – printers
- Private Character Editor – eudcedit
- Quicktime (If Installed)- QuickTime.cpl
- Real Player (if installed)- realplay
- Regional Settings – intl.cpl
- Registry Editor – regedit
- Registry Editor – regedit32
- Remote Access Phonebook – rasphone
- Remote Desktop – mstsc
- Removable Storage – ntmsmgr.msc
- Removable Storage Operator Requests – ntmsoprq.msc
- Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) – rsop.msc
- Scanners and Cameras – sticpl.cpl
- Scheduled Tasks – control schedtasks
- Security Center – wscui.cpl
- Services – services.msc
- Shared Folders – fsmgmt.msc
- Shuts Down Windows – shutdown
- Sounds and Audio – mmsys.cpl
- Spider Solitare Card Game – spider
- SQL Client Configuration – cliconfg
- System Configuration Editor – sysedit
- System Configuration Utility – msconfig
- System File Checker Utility (Purge File Cache)- sfc /purgecache
- System File Checker Utility (Return to Default Setting)- sfc /revert
- System File Checker Utility (Scan Immediately)- sfc /scannow
- System File Checker Utility (Scan On Every Boot) – sfc /scanboot
- System File Checker Utility (Scan Once At Next Boot)- sfc /scanonce
- System File Checker Utility (Set Cache Size to size x)-sfc/cachesize=x
- System Information – msinfo32.
- System Properties – sysdm.cpl
- Task Manager – taskmgr
- Task Manager – taskmgr
- TCP Tester – tcptest
- Telnet Client – telnet
- Tweak UI (if installed) – tweakui
- User Account Management- nusrmgr.cpl
- Utility Manager – utilman
- Windows Address Book – wab
- Windows Address Book Import Utility – wabmig
- Windows Backup Utility (if installed)- ntbackup
- Windows Explorer – explorer
- Windows Firewall- firewall.cpl
- Windows Magnifier- magnify
- Windows Management Infrastructure – wmimgmt.msc
- Windows Media Player – wmplayer
- Windows Messenger – msmsgs
- Windows Picture Import Wizard (need camera connected)- wiaacmgr
- Windows System Security Tool – syskey
- Windows Update Launches – wupdmgr
- Windows Version (to show which version of windows)- winver
- Windows XP Tour Wizard – tourstart
- Wordpad – write