{"id":913,"date":"2009-01-20T18:35:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T12:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/?p=913"},"modified":"2009-01-20T19:19:39","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T13:19:39","slug":"clear-dns-resolver-cache-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/2009\/01\/20\/clear-dns-resolver-cache-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to clear DNS resolver cache in Windows XP and Windows Vista"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ipconfig is a Windows XP \/ 2000 \/ 2003 \/ Vista command utility that displays all current TCP\/IP network configuration values and refreshes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP and Domain Name System DNS settings. You can use the same tool to clear out Windows DNS cache. This command has \/flushdns switch to flush and reset the contents of the DNS client resolver cache. During DNS troubleshooting, you can use this procedure to discard negative cache entries from the cache, as well as any other entries that have been added dynamically.<\/p>\n<p>To clear DNS resolver cache login as administrator and open command prompt.<\/p>\n<p>To open command prompt first click on the <strong>Start<\/strong> button.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/start-button.jpg\" alt=\"Click on the Start button\" title=\"Click on the Start button\" width=\"351\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/start-button.jpg 351w, https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/start-button-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then click on <strong>Run&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/run.jpg\" alt=\"Run...\" title=\"Run...\" width=\"496\" height=\"166\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/run.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/run-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now type &#8220;<strong>cmd<\/strong>&#8221; and click on the &#8220;<strong>OK<\/strong>&#8221; button.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cmd.jpg\" alt=\"cmd\" title=\"cmd\" width=\"438\" height=\"235\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cmd.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/cmd-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This will bring up the command prompt.<br \/>\n<!--adsense--><br \/>\nNow type:<br \/>\n<code>ipconfig \/flushdns<\/code><br \/>\nand hit enter.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/ipconfig-flushdns.jpg\" alt=\"ipconfig - flush dns\" title=\"ipconfig - flush dns\" width=\"500\" height=\"251\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/ipconfig-flushdns.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/ipconfig-flushdns-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You should get the confirmation message of the dns resolver cache getting cleared as &#8220;<em>Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you get the error \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<strong>The requested operation requires elevation.<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, learn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/2009\/01\/20\/the-requested-operation-requires-elevation-error-in-vista\/\">How to solve \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The requested operation requires elevation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d error in Windows Vista<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ipconfig is a Windows XP \/ 2000 \/ 2003 \/ Vista command utility that displays all current TCP\/IP network configuration values and refreshes Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP and Domain Name System DNS settings. You can use the same tool to clear out Windows DNS cache. This command has \/flushdns switch to flush and reset [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,13],"tags":[56,69,47],"class_list":["post-913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-tips","category-tutorials","tag-dns","tag-windows-vista","tag-windows-xp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}