The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed

This can happen if a computer/server is offline for a longer period, or is restored from backup and in the meantime the computerobject password is changed. There is an easy fix for this, on the affected machine, login with the local administrator, start powershell and type; reset-computermachinepassword -Server DomainController -Credential DomainAdmin

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Purge ADObject from Active Directory recycle bin

When deleting an AD object, it will (if the Recycle bin is enabled) be moved to the Active Directory recycle bin. Sometimes you want to permamently remove the object, for example if you want to recreate a pc or server with the same name. To do this, open PowerShell and type in the following commands; […]

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