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Can't flush DNS

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by mtrox

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I can find all sorts of articles telling me how to flush my local DNS resolver, but no one tells me what to do when I get this result:

"Cannot flush DNS resolver cache: Function failed during execution."

I know, if I reboot that will flush it but I'm a geek and it's bugging me. Anyone know why I command it through ipconfig?

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by mtrox

Hmmmmmmm.....appreciate the answer...and I'm sure it's the best one there is. When I have some time I'll set a restore point and work through some of those. My experience is that when I start messing with LSP registry settings, I end up breaking more than I fix. I'm not sure my problem is big enough to take that chance, but then Sys Restore is a wonderful thing!

by mtrox

Did all of it, plus I unlocked my hosts file through Zone Alarm and replaced my long Hosts with a standard one.....no help. I cannot clear my DNS cache. Oh well....

by mtrox

Finally got this beat...and got back on here. It was simple once I found it. For some reason the DNS service got disabled.

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