1. Start the DNS Management console.

2. Right-click the name of the zone, and then click Delete.

3. Click OK to acknowledge any warnings. The Forward Lookup zones no longer list the deleted zone.

4. Right-click Forward Lookup Zones, and then click New Zone.

5. The New Zone Wizard starts. Click Next to continue.

6. Click the appropriate zone type (either Active Directory-integrated or Standard primary, and then click Next.

7. Type the name of the zone exactly as it appears in Network Identification, and then click Next.

8. Click the appropriate zone file, or a new zone file. Click Next, and then click Finish to finish the New Zone Wizard.

9. The newly created zone appears in the DNS Management console.

10. Right-click the newly created zone, click Properties, and then change Allow Dynamic Updates to Yes.

11. At a command prompt, type

net stop netlogon

and then press ENTER. The Netlogon service is stopped.

12. Type

net start netlogon

and then press ENTER. The Netlogon service is restarted.

13. Refresh the view in the DNS Management console. The Active Directory DNS records should be listed under the zone.

If the Active Directory DNS records still do not exist, there may be a disjointed DNS namespace.