19 November 2008

Solution to the Windows Exception: "The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship"

Got this error when logging into a machine that I hadn't touched in months:

"the security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship"

Not exactly sure why, but changing from a FQDN to a short name resolved the issue.

1) Login on to your computer with an account that has Administrator privaleges.

2) Change domain from FQDN (in my case redmond.corp.microsoft.com) to the short name (in my case redmond)

3) Logout and log back in as the domain user.

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# Donald Hall said:

Thanks for the fix. It did the trick!

04 December 08 at 5:32 PM
# Egan Lau said:

Thanks, this trick works for me too.

12 May 09 at 12:02 AM
# Rajesh said:

+1

Thanks you, worked like a charm!

04 June 09 at 8:03 PM
# Chris B said:

Is this not just a workaround rather than a fix?

12 June 09 at 4:01 AM
# Jose said:

Hi,

Thanks - I tried this and it did not work. I am running Win7 RC. Would that make a difference?

07 July 09 at 1:58 AM
# Mpdreamz said:

Absolutely brilliant ! I expected a long and troublesome fix/hack/workaround and hours of poking Active Directory in all the wrong places. Much oblige :)

09 July 09 at 1:21 PM
# Bonnie said:

Does anyone know if Jose found a resolution for Win7 RC?  I'm on the same domain (redmond.corp.microsoft) running Win7 RC build 7100 and have yet to resolve this issue.  It's preventing me from browsing SSAS cube data.

07 August 09 at 12:45 PM
# rajesh sharma said:

Solution to the Windows Exception: "The security database on the server does not have a computer account for this workstation trust relationship"

25 September 09 at 2:56 AM
# bos said:

Check out this KB link.  I believe that this will solve your problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975651

08 October 09 at 10:43 AM
# Landari said:

Hi,

Your solution doesn't help on Server 2008.

I can access to the server only by using local administrator.

I have removed from domain and added it many times but it doesn't help. The sever is a sharepoint server in addition!

Regards

Landari

08 October 09 at 10:46 AM
# bos said:

Not sure if my last reply will make it in or not, I included a full HTML UR and the policy says don't do that.

Take a look at Microsoft KB975651.

08 October 09 at 10:55 AM
# Lindis said:

Just used this solution on a Windows Server 2008 R2 (Virtual Center) and it worked fine. Thanks;

12 November 09 at 10:32 AM
# Marypat said:

Hallelujiah! I ran into this on a Win7 machine that hadn't connected to the network via cable for a couple of weeks, and this did the trick. Before making the domain change, wireless connection was fine, but not LAN. Thank you!

24 November 09 at 3:35 PM

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