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I built a new Windows 2008 server (domain controller) a couple of weeks ago and everything seemed to go okay. &nbsp;Today I went to reboot it and when I try and login I get this error:<br />
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&quot;The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation&quot;<br />
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Since it's a DC I can't log on locally, what can I do to fix this?? &nbsp;Help!
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I built a new Windows 2008 server (domain controller) a couple of weeks ago and everything seemed to go okay.  Today I went to reboot it and when I try and login I get this error:

"The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation"

Since it's a DC I can't log on locally, what can I do to fix this??  Help!

The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation

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