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July 07, 2006

Need to flush your DNS cache in Windows? Try running the following in Start - Run:

ipconfig /flushdns

This should work on Windows XP, Windows 2000, and possibly other versions of Windows.

You can learn more about ipconfig in Windows from Microsoft's web site

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On at officaly moi wrote:

u know what to do just make sure u put a fullstop at the end of flushdns for example: ipconfig/flushdns.

happend to me, an i fixed it by putting a fullstop.. try it it might work

On at Terry wrote:

I am having the same issue as Pradip desai. I m using XP Home Edition and cannot access the internet until I flush the DNS. However flushdns does not work? Any ideas please?

On at Jeannie wrote:

type as is ipconfig /flush dns then you will type enter... new screen type (as is) ipconfig /registerdns

On at Lmx wrote:

It's possible that your provider's DNS server cached it too. Waiting is all there is then. Unless you configure your system to use a different DNS server.

On at RichA wrote:

Anyone know how to flush the DNS on Win NT? ipconfig /flushdns doesn't work in NT

On at cindyPinkie wrote:

How do you flush prfetch cache

On at Fred wrote:

did that but it still not working anymore ideas says connection cannot be made