0

I have a problem with a Windows 7 PC that had been a member of the domain. When I try to logon to this PC with domain credentials I get a message similar to

The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain could not be established.  

I read this link, however, I have some issues.

issues:
1. There are no active local accounts on the machine that I could use to logon and the local administrator disabled via group policy.
2. The credential cache logon disabled (set to zero) via group policy.

So I can't log in with the local administrator to rejoin the domain. How can I re-trust PC and domain?

Edit:
I saw this link and Reset Account in AD but this way isn't useful for my problem.

3
  • Questions: (1) Is the PC within the AD network, and can it see the domain server? (2) Can you join using another domain account? (3) Try the troubleshooting methods in this post and especially Method 3. Since you cannot login, you may still gain admin access by using the Utilman.exe Trick.
    – harrymc
    Feb 12, 2020 at 10:09
  • Did you re-add the PC to the domain on the Server side?
    – Moab
    Feb 12, 2020 at 11:47
  • @Moab, Yes, however, It hasn't worked.
    – Arani
    Feb 15, 2020 at 7:50

1 Answer 1

2

You can try to activate local admin account following the next guide - https://www.howtogeek.com/75470/how-to-enable-the-hidden-windows-7-admin-account-using-the-registry/

After that, just rejoin domain

1
  • That's a great trick.
    – Arani
    Feb 15, 2020 at 7:46

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .