Stupidest Mistake in AD History - It's almost ingenious, almost EVIL

Hello,

I have been a sysadmin for a long time and I'm surprised I haven't made
this GIANT MISTAKE before.

I just installed Active Directory sucessfully. I made sure I had my
isp's DNS server configured on the network card. Ha! Get it? My ISP'S
DNS SERVER.

What a fruit filled idiot I am. AD install gave no errors at all. From
this, can I take it that AD installed all my AD resource records in my
ISP's DNS??? Otherwise wouldn't it have failed?

So now I can either reimage and start from scratch, or DCPromo and
remove. Any tombstones drawbacks to removing AD in the very beginning
this way? Is it clean? Would this be okay in production, to dcpromo
/remove a machine?

Also, is it better to install DNS or let AD do it on the fly during DC
Promo?

Thanks!!

Love,
John Catstrom

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    ... This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, ... isp's DNS server configured on the network card. ... Would this be okay in production, to dcpromo ... is it better to install DNS or let AD do it on the fly during DC ...
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    ... Please no e-mails, any questions should be posted in the NewsGroup ... isp's DNS server configured on the network card. ... Would this be okay in production, to dcpromo ... is it better to install DNS or let AD do it on the fly during DC ...
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    ... I tried the "let AD install DNS on the fly" method. ... Generally it works just fine except for the "creation of the root zone" ... prefered DNS server to itself. ... on this DC, no need to do dcpromo, and the DC will create the records ...
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