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See this article: &nbsp;<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818020/?sd=RMVP&fr=1" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818020/?sd=RMVP&fr=1</a><br />
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BTW, why would you want to remove them?
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See this article:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818020/?sd=RMVP&fr=1 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/818020/?sd=RMVP&fr=1]

BTW, why would you want to remove them?

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My domain is private and does not need to connect to the internet. So I don't need the root hints.
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My domain is private and does not need to connect to the internet. So I don't need the root hints.

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I need to be able to do this from a command line (dnscmd - most likely) to remove roothints from AD DC's and turning them into forwarders
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I need to be able to do this from a command line (dnscmd - most likely) to remove roothints from AD DC's and turning them into forwarders

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You are simply wanting to put in forwarders? &nbsp;You don't need to remove the root hints for this. &nbsp;Just add your forwarders.<br />
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dnscmd SERVERNAME /DsForwarder IPADDRESSOFFORWARDER1 IPADDRESSOFFORWARDER2<br />
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You are simply wanting to put in forwarders?  You don't need to remove the root hints for this.  Just add your forwarders.

dnscmd SERVERNAME /DsForwarder IPADDRESSOFFORWARDER1 IPADDRESSOFFORWARDER2



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I need to know how to delete the default root hints from my internal DNS server from command-line. The only way I've figured out is to delete them using the DNS Management console and then manually deleting the CACHE.DNS file. <br />
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Any help would be appreciated! Thanks again!
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I need to know how to delete the default root hints from my internal DNS server from command-line. The only way I've figured out is to delete them using the DNS Management console and then manually deleting the CACHE.DNS file. 

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks again!

How to delete root hints from command-line

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).