He tried everything. As an Administrator, he took ownership of the file. Access denied. He used takeown in the command line. Access denied. He even tried a live Linux USB to bypass Windows permissions entirely. The file was untouchable.
“It’s like the file doesn’t belong to anyone,” his junior, Maya, whispered over his shoulder.
Maya squinted. “NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller. What the hell is that?”
The final server in the rack rebooted. When the login screen returned, Leo typed his credentials. “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.”