Remove domain from AD

[Adders56]

Hi,
I needed to remove 2 un-needed domains from AD. Each contained a DC. Due to historical reasons I was not able to remove the servers cleanly, they had been trashed a long time ago. Now we have no need for the old domains either, and is causing grief trying to set up trusts..
Anyhow I followed:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;216498

and have been able to remove the NTDS Settings object, and then was able to remove the servers, but the domains still exist. I tried using NTDSUTIL to remove the domain, and it errored along the lines of: unable to remove selected domain due to naming context.

I can connect to the old domain via ADSIEdit, but no children are shown, and I cannot delete the root as it errors with <error 10> I can find little reference to this issue anywhere....

Please help me get shot of non existing domains,
Thanks

 

[wdoellefeld]

Just some more sources of possibly the same info.

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBJ/tip4900/rh4984.htm

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBG/TIP3400/rh3425.htm

 

[Adders56]

Just to follow up - after a reboot the ntdsutil then allowed me to remove all traces of the domain