Troubleshooting

Authoritative Restore and Trusts

Q1:I had to restore my directory, and I think my trusts are disrupted.
When you have performed an authoritative restore of the directory, you must be aware of the implications with regard to computer trusts and domain trusts. The trusts are disrupted if you have restored an object from a backup more than seven days old. By default, the passwords used by the system to establish and maintain the trust are automatically changed every seven days. As a result, the trust can be broken. To correct this problem, you must restore the trust, which can be accomplished by right-clicking the object in Active Directory Users and Computers and selecting Reset Account.

Booting the Domain Controller

Q1:I need to ...

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