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Domain computer account trust relationship failed after connecting system with old hard drive to network

As others have said already, the old operating system can't authenticate to the domain anymore, because the computer account has been reassigned to the new one; the only solution is to join the domain ...
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Domain computer account trust relationship failed after connecting system with old hard drive to network

The computer objects authenticates with a password, just like any other user. The trust relationship fails when the computer can't authenticate anymore towards the domain. In your case, you overwrote ...
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Domain computer account trust relationship failed after connecting system with old hard drive to network

Same name? Then yes, it is the same computer account and you just overwrite the keys for the trust relationship as they are stored under the computer in AD. There is nothing you can do now - really. ...
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Domain Member Servers - Accessing Certificate Revocation List (CRL)

do clients get updated CRL information using the ldap string (query?) above? yes. Clients use URL defined in CDP extension of certificate to download the CRL. Microsoft CA and Windows clients support ...
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How to correctly sync time of an Hyper-V host which is member of a domain?

From an elevated command prompt on the Hyper-V host run the following: net stop w32time w32tm /unregister w32tm /register net start w32time w32tm /config /syncfromflags:DOMHIER /update net stop ...
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Domain Controller DNS alias

Loopback SMB connections are indeed treated differently from external ones: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/accessing-server-locally-with-fqdn-cname-alias-...
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Why are logon types on Domain Controller and Workstation different

In short, you'll see an interactive or remote logon type recorded on your workstations or servers. On your domain controllers, you're seeing logon type 3 because the computers are authenticating ...
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Is it safe to mix 2016/2022 as domain controllers?

The answer is yes. Windows Server 2016 functional levels Supported domain controller operating systems: Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2016
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Firewall Ports Domain Controller to Clients

You do not. Ports only need to be opened from Client to Server for Active Directory Authentication.
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feedback on HDD speeds for a HP Proliant ML110 Gen10 server

You're not going to get better speeds out of those drives without a RAID cache or a higher-end standalone SmartArray controller.
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Handling GPO Policies between different domains

Copying and importing GPOs from another forest (high level) Create a Backup in the source domain. Using Group Policy Management expand Group Policy Objects (You'll see all your GPOs listed here), if ...
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How many Domain Controllers might a Windows Client send LDAP Ping to when trying to locate a DC for Authentication?

Can someone give me some sense of what the typical number of DC's a client might reach out to during this process? No-one can provide this answer. It depends on numerous factors, such as how many ...
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Kerberos settings in GPO never seem to apply in spite of the GPO otherwise working

All account policies settings applied by using Group Policy are applied at the domain level. Default values are present in the built-in default domain controller policy for Password Policy settings, ...
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Challenging Multiple Domain Controller Upgrade Questions (parent and child)

Those are many questions. And please do not use "parent" and "child" references in a multi-master domain model like active directory. There is no such thing; there are DCs in ...
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Windows Server 2019 randomly changes time and date to incorrect values

There are a couple things that will cause this that I have experienced. One is the bios time is set incorrectly. Second is the CMOS battery dying or on the way out.
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Windows Server 2019 randomly changes time and date to incorrect values

Try using an external time server. I recommend: pool.ntp.org See: https://www.pool.ntp.org/de/use.html We use pool.ntp.org as time source of our Domain Controllers and all devices which are not in the ...
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Readonly Domain Controller for Remote Office

Do you need to set up a new site with your subnet? Yes, you should. Do you need to set up a new rDNS zone for your subnet? You don't need to, but I consider it best practice.
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Kerberos failures with accountname "host"

We experienced the same issue. Please see this article for a possible resolution: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-19-2022-kb5015019-os-build-14393-5127-out-of-band-8548dfda-38ba-4fb6-...
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How can I remove a no longer existent child domain from my forest?

You can remove an orphaned child domain the hard way by performing the following steps: Determine the domain controller that holds the Domain Naming Master Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) ...
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Domain Controller thinks its on a Public Network

I had a similar event on a stand-alone 2016 Active Directory DS server. Server showed in a Public network. The initial symptom was that DNS lookups would fail against this server using NSLookup. ...
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Domain Controller thinks its on a Public Network

Implementation of marsh-wiggle's excellent answer in Ansible: - name: Set dependencies of NLA service ansible.windows.win_service: name: nlasvc dependencies: - DNS - NTDS ...

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