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Have a look here, wher to find the settings inside AD:<br><a href="https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/fdd89522-134c-4f8b-9dce-a6493e1150b9/how-do-i-remove-broken-or-stale-trust-relationships-between-two-domains?forum=winserverDS" rel="ugc nofollow">https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/fdd89522-134c-4f8b-9dce-a6493e1150b9/how-do-i-remove-broken-or-stale-trust-relationships-between-two-domains?forum=winserverDS</a><br><br>
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We already try with this article&nbsp;
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Can you possibly post a picture?<br>If it is shown in trusts and relationships, you should see the object name to identify it in AD.<br>You may also try to search the registry for such names.<br>If there are asscociated object, they may prevent the deletion of the object via the GUI.&nbsp;
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The below image for the broken domain<br><br><a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2021/06_w26/1564136/Broken-Domain-trust.PNG" rel="ugc"><img src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2021/06_w26/1564136/Broken-Domain-trust.PNG" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></a><br><br>
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When I try to raise the forest functional level in the root domain (TA.COM) the show following error<br><br><br>&nbsp;
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<a target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow">TA.COM</a>&nbsp; is our primary domain controller that is running on windows 2003 R2 Standard edition 32 bit .and&nbsp; "<a rel="ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Infoparktest.TA.CO</a>M" is a child domain controller, which is not existing now. So i can't get any option to delete the child domain from the domain and trust console in the TA.COM domain controller&nbsp;
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OK, and where are your FSMO roles<br><br>netdom query fsmo<br>or<br><br>Get-ADForest yourdomain | Format-Table<br>and<br>Get-ADDomain yourdomain | format-table
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TA-SRV.<a target="_blank" rel="ugc nofollow">TA.COM</a> Is the FSMO role holder / Primary Domain controller
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Thanks very much,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/members/Bembi.html" rel="ugc">Bembi</a>, we will try and update
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How do I forcefully remove the broken or stale Trust relationship between two domains in the windows server 2003 Domain controller?<br>Our scenario<br>We are trying to migrate the 2003 active directory domain server to 2012 R2.<br>We are unable to raise the forest functional level to 2003, &nbsp;because one broken trust relationship in the domain and trust console in AD exists, and we are unable to remove it. We tried most of the technics available on the internet but fails.<br>Please help us to remove the stale trust relationship
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How do I forcefully remove the broken or stale Trust relationship between two domains in the windows server 2003 Domain controller?
Our scenario
We are trying to migrate the 2003 active directory domain server to 2012 R2.
We are unable to raise the forest functional level to 2003,  because one broken trust relationship in the domain and trust console in AD exists, and we are unable to remove it. We tried most of the technics available on the internet but fails.
Please help us to remove the stale trust relationship

How do I forcefully remove the broken or stale Trust relationship between two domains in the windows server 2003 Domain controller?

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