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   Message 15,765 of 17,273   
   Rene Lamontagne to Steve Hayes   
   Re: Can't connect to Web   
   20 Jun 17 20:50:31   
   
   XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc   
   From: rlamont@shaw.ca   
      
   On 6/1/2017 1:52 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Wed, 31 May 2017 15:41:21 -0500, VanguardLH  wrote:   
   >   
   >> If you suspect there is a problem with the Windows DNS cache, you can   
   >> flush it so start over with all new DNS lookups and new cachine.  Run:   
   >>   
   >> ipconfig /flushdns   
   >>   
   >> Note that web clients can incorporate their own internal DNS cache which   
   >> overrides the defaults defined in the registry.  The client uses its own   
   >> DNS cache instead of relying on the one in Windows.  Firefox has its own   
   >> DNS cache.   
   >   
   > Thanks for this and lots of other useful information.   
   >   
   > Since my problem was with the web and not mail or news, and I use   
   > Firefox, it was probably not caused by the Windows DNS cache, but with   
   > something in Firefox or even in my ISP. It seems to have come right   
   > now, not necessarily because of anything I tried.   
   >   
   >   
      
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