removing unnecessary bdcs

[NetGear]

Hi,

I have two offline NT backup domain controllers that I took offline before I
did an in-place upgrade to my NT domain to Windows 2000 AD.

These machines have not been connected to the network after the upgrade
process.

Now my AD has been running with no problems about a month and I'd like to
remove these unnecessary domain controller accounts from the ad database.

Is there something else that should be done or can I just delete the
accounts from the domain controllers OU?

 

[Sean Dwyer [MSFT]]

NetGear, I believe you'll be better served by posting this question to the
WindowsNT.Domain newsgroup forum.

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[Daniel Chang [MSFT]]

You should be able to remove them, doing metadata cleanup as necessary.

230306 HOW TO: Remove Orphaned Domains from Active Directory
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=230306

328775 Cannot Delete a Computer Account for the Domain Controller in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328775

And yes, this question is better asked in the domains groups
(microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory) and
(microsoft.public.windowsnt.domain)
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