Windows Cannot Connect To The Domain After Image Restore

A business computer running on a local domain got this error after an Acronis image restore:

Windows cannot connect to the domain, either because the domain controller is down or otherwise unavailable, or because your computer account was not found. Please try again later. If this message continues to appear, contact your system administrator for assistance.

The problem is apparently the domain list gets out of sync after the image restore so that list needs to get recreated.

The solution:

1) Log on as an administrator to the local PC.
2) Change to a WORKGROUP.
3) Reboot.
4) Log on again as an administrator to the local PC.
5) Change to your network DOMAIN.
6) Reboot.
7) Log on as a standard user to your network DOMAIN.

The should see this message:

“Please wait while the domain list is created.”

This may take several minutes so be patient. Once the domain list is created you should be able to log on as normal.