When a client or a server that is joined to a Windows Domain loses the trust relationship to its object in Active Directory, you normally get this error message, when you try to login:
The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed
What you then normally do, is to un-join the computer from the domain and join it again.
The problem with with a Windows CA (Certificate Authority) Server is that you cannot un-join it from the domain. So that would mean you have to completely rebuild the CA server. But there is a trick to avoid that work:
Login to the Windows CA Server with a local admin account, then start cmd as Administrator and issue the following command:
netdom resetpwd /server:srvdc1 /userd:domadmin /passwordd:domadminpassword
Where "srvdc1" is just the name of one of your Domain Controllers.
Then, restart the server. That's it, you should be able to login with your domain user again.
That worked!
You saved the day!!
Thank you for sharing.
Bless your heart sir. Worked like a charm.