Windows 7, Failed to add domain user account as local user: "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed."
I'm trying to add a domain user as a local user on a new Windows 7 laptop. I'm presently logged in w/ a domain admin account. The laptop has been added to the domain. I'm getting the following error when I try to add the user.
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User Accounts
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The user could not be added because the following error has occurred:
The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.
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OK
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I've reset the computer account in ADUC.
I've renamed the laptop on the domain.
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User Accounts
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The user could not be added because the following error has occurred:
The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.
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OK
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I've reset the computer account in ADUC.
I've renamed the laptop on the domain.
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Did it let you join the domain ok? just errors on adding a user? how are you logging in to the windows7 machine when attempting to add the user?
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No issues adding the machine to the domain. When trying to add the user account to this machine, I'm logged in via my domain admin account. One other funky thing: I checked the members of the local Administrators group. Domain Admins aint there. Actually, it's kind of there. There's a SID that probably represents Domain Admins but "Domain Admins" isn't called out explicitly.
Any firewalls enabled? and what version of windows 7? I will try a replicate your problem when I get home to my lab.
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Guys,
Here's the scoop. When I added the machine to the domain, I got sloppy and gave it the incorrect name. I renamed the machine in the domain and that appeared to have caused the issues. Extracting the machine from the domain, and pushing it back into the domain with a slightly different name did the trick. (Even though I had extracted the machine from the domain, deleted the computer account in the domain, and pushed it back in, that hadn't been sufficient.)
Here's the scoop. When I added the machine to the domain, I got sloppy and gave it the incorrect name. I renamed the machine in the domain and that appeared to have caused the issues. Extracting the machine from the domain, and pushing it back into the domain with a slightly different name did the trick. (Even though I had extracted the machine from the domain, deleted the computer account in the domain, and pushed it back in, that hadn't been sufficient.)
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