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re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Monday, November 3, 2003 at 7:07 am Posted by Bob B (2307 messages posted) What kind of network are you on and what are you using as a DNS server? What abvout DHCP - used or not? On Monday, November 3, 2003 at 4:58 am, SMcG wrote: > I have an IBM Thinkpad running Windows XP Pro SP1 with all patches and updates >from Microsoft. I am unable to flush the DNS cache. When I try from a cmd line ipconfig >/flushdns I get the following... Could not flush the DNS Resolver Cache: Function >failed during execution. ipconfig /displaydns yields this... Could >not display the DNS Resolver Cache. I have tried disabling the tcp/ip protocol >and removing the network adapter. I rebooted and allowed XP to find the NIC again. >Still no luck. It is not causing me a problem accessing the internet or network applications. >The only problem I seem to have is using a DNS name to map a network drive. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can find nothing on the net of any >help on this one. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Monday, November 3, 2003 at 7:12 am Posted by Scooter McGoo (24 messages posted) DHCP - Yes The company has it's own DNS server for internal stuff. I am not in the group that handles these servers so I can not tell you much about them. The strange thing is that this has not always been a problem. It just started Thuraday last week. I had made no registry changes of changed anything in the network settings. I have tried logging on as local administrator and with another local account with admin rights that I use at home on my personal network. It doesn't seem to matter how I am logged on or if I am on the network or not, it gives the same error. On Monday, November 3, 2003 at 7:07 am, Bob B wrote: >What kind of network are you on and what are you using as a DNS server? What abvout >DHCP - used or not? > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Monday, November 3, 2003 at 8:41 am Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) Give this a try: How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Monday, November 3, 2003 at 8:43 am Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (4310 messages posted) Whoops, first try went to the wrong thread! OK, give this a try: How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Monday, November 3, 2003 at 2:34 pm Posted by Scooter McGoo (24 messages posted) Thanks for the advise but it didnt help. There were a lot of changes made (according to the log file) but the problem remains. Looks like I am on my way to the dreaded format c: On Monday, November 3, 2003 at 8:43 am, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: >Whoops, first try went to the wrong thread! > >OK, give this a try: > >How >to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 1:38 pm Posted by Igor (45 messages posted) I found the solution to the problem just SECONDS ago. Here is what you do to fix it. Go to START/RUN type in "services.msc" WITHOUT the quotes hit Enter Now, look for "DNS Client" in that long list. Double Click "DNS Client" under the Startup type pulldown, put it on "Automatic" below the Startup type you'll see four buttons. This is a VERY important step if you want it to work, because I did the first time I only set it on "Automatic" and hit Apply and OK, and tried to Repair my connection and flush the DNS in Command prompt, but it wouldnt work, so I went back and clicked on "START" so, after you set the "DNS Client" on "Automatic" don't forget to also click the button "Start" and that's all. Hit ok to exit, and then refresh your connection and you can also flush the DNS thru command prompt, I tried both and it WORKS. On Monday, November 3, 2003 at 4:58 am, Scooter McGoo wrote: > I have an IBM Thinkpad running Windows XP Pro SP1 with all patches and updates >from Microsoft. I am unable to flush the DNS cache. When I try from a cmd line ipconfig >/flushdns I get the following... Could not flush the DNS Resolver Cache: Function >failed during execution. ipconfig /displaydns yields this... Could >not display the DNS Resolver Cache. I have tried disabling the tcp/ip protocol >and removing the network adapter. I rebooted and allowed XP to find the NIC again. >Still no luck. It is not causing me a problem accessing the internet or network applications. >The only problem I seem to have is using a DNS name to map a network drive. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can find nothing on the net of any >help on this one. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 7:03 pm Posted by 666 (2255 messages posted) Scooter McGoo wrote: It is not causing me a problem accessing the internet or network applications. If your DNS client is not running, there's no DNS cache to flush because you're not caching any DNS entries. Not much of a problem, because you usually don't need the DNS client anyway. If you need to enable the DNS client for any reason, it's usually a good idea to edit your registry to read: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters MaxNegativeCacheTtl=0 This will stop caching of failed DNS lookups. ______________ make xp behave [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 10:49 am Posted by brucefromri (1 messages posted) I'dlike to thankyou for your solution. I finally can clear my dns thanx igor. On Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 1:38 pm, Igor wrote: > >I found the solution to the problem just SECONDS ago. > >Here is what you do to fix it. > >Go to START/RUN > >type in "services.msc" WITHOUT the quotes > >hit Enter > >Now, look for "DNS Client" in that long list. > >Double Click "DNS Client" > >under the Startup type pulldown, put it on "Automatic" > >below the Startup type you'll see four buttons. This is a VERY important step if >you want it to work, because I did the first time I only set it on "Automatic" and >hit Apply and OK, and tried to Repair my connection and flush the DNS in Command >prompt, but it wouldnt work, so I went back and clicked on "START" > >so, after you set the "DNS Client" on "Automatic" don't forget to also click the >button "Start" and that's all. Hit ok to exit, and then refresh your connection and >you can also flush the DNS thru command prompt, I tried both and it WORKS. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 8:05 am Posted by Ryan R (1 messages posted) oh thank you very much!! it works! now., will this make any changes to how my system runs? how can i configure it back? will the problem be resolved if i re-set it to "disabled"? thanks On Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 1:38 pm, Igor wrote: > >I found the solution to the problem just SECONDS ago. > >Here is what you do to fix it. > >Go to START/RUN > >type in "services.msc" WITHOUT the quotes > >hit Enter > >Now, look for "DNS Client" in that long list. > >Double Click "DNS Client" > >under the Startup type pulldown, put it on "Automatic" > >below the Startup type you'll see four buttons. This is a VERY important step if >you want it to work, because I did the first time I only set it on "Automatic" and >hit Apply and OK, and tried to Repair my connection and flush the DNS in Command >prompt, but it wouldnt work, so I went back and clicked on "START" > >so, after you set the "DNS Client" on "Automatic" don't forget to also click the >button "Start" and that's all. Hit ok to exit, and then refresh your connection and >you can also flush the DNS thru command prompt, I tried both and it WORKS. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Unable to flush DNS cache; XP Pro Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 8:16 am Posted by Spexx (2229 messages posted) Having the DNS Client service running and set to Automatic in services.msc is the default setup and is best in most cases. The only reason for disabling it would be if you had a very large "hosts" file. Some XP Tweak web sites and utilities recommend disabling the DNS Client Service for no good reason and it is a "Bad Tweak". Hope this helps. Cheers. Spexx. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum