Well I have got the message as some of you might have to clear your DNS cache, here is how to do it so you can have a better experience on the forums. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV6Izy4RM8M
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Are there ever "how to's" typed out, without having to watch a You Tube video?
Seems like anytime I search for a fix for anything, most of the answers are You Tubed nowadays. Often I don't like (or can't have) the sound turned up, for a variety of reasons. That, and for me, I can read instructions and keep my place amidst them, whereas on a video, I'd have to pause, and go back, etc...
Sorry for the mini rant. It was just something that struck me, having tried to fix some other stuff on my pc and getting the same sort of answers recently.
(Yes, You Tube videos are probably very helpful in fixing mechanical things, I realize. And also that many people understand things spoken to them rather than the written word. I get all that.)
Seems like anytime I search for a fix for anything, most of the answers are You Tubed nowadays. Often I don't like (or can't have) the sound turned up, for a variety of reasons. That, and for me, I can read instructions and keep my place amidst them, whereas on a video, I'd have to pause, and go back, etc...
Sorry for the mini rant. It was just something that struck me, having tried to fix some other stuff on my pc and getting the same sort of answers recently.
(Yes, You Tube videos are probably very helpful in fixing mechanical things, I realize. And also that many people understand things spoken to them rather than the written word. I get all that.)
As I can't seem to edit my post, let me say "thanks" for the link, Lenny, and maybe I'll get a chance to watch it at some point. I'm sure it would help a great deal.
I just get set off try to find an answer for something and all Google gives me is YouTube videos.
Showing my age, I suppose.
Thanks again.
I just get set off try to find an answer for something and all Google gives me is YouTube videos.
Showing my age, I suppose. Thanks again.
Poke the start button
enter in the search box on bottom: cmd
select it and it will bring up a dos window.
without moving the cursor, type exactly: ipconfig /flushdns
you should receive a message the says successfully flushed revolver cache.
enter in the search box on bottom: cmd
select it and it will bring up a dos window.
without moving the cursor, type exactly: ipconfig /flushdns
you should receive a message the says successfully flushed revolver cache.
If you're connecting through wireless internet the easiest way to do it is to power cycle your router. If you have a newer router the router itself has a DNS cache.
Another little tip on DNS settings is to download namebench to find what DNS settings are best for your network. I guarantee one of them will be 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 which is Google's public DNS.
Another little tip on DNS settings is to download namebench to find what DNS settings are best for your network. I guarantee one of them will be 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4 which is Google's public DNS.
Thank you!
Thanks for the help!
I find this glitch interesting. It shines a light on how unintuitive computers can be.
Relying on MS-dos to fix this simple issue seems like if astronauts were in trouble aboard shuttle and mission control tells them to rub two sticks together to start the engines. Okay, maybe a zippo is involved.
I found this page interesting;
http://superuser.com/questions/319056/does-windows-still-rely-on-ms-dos
I find this glitch interesting. It shines a light on how unintuitive computers can be.
Relying on MS-dos to fix this simple issue seems like if astronauts were in trouble aboard shuttle and mission control tells them to rub two sticks together to start the engines. Okay, maybe a zippo is involved.
I found this page interesting;
http://superuser.com/questions/319056/does-windows-still-rely-on-ms-dos
make sure you are running as Administrator
if you are not running as Administrator you will get an error message, if you do try this
Here is how to fix that corrupted DNS cache.
1. Click the Microsoft Vista Start logo in the bottom left corner of the screen
2. Click All Programs
3. Click Accessories
4. RIGHT-click on Command Prompt
5. Select Run As Administrator
6. In the command window type the following and then hit enter: ipconfig /flushdns
7. You will see the following confirmation:
Windows IP Configuration Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.
Thanks Lenny
if you are not running as Administrator you will get an error message, if you do try this
Here is how to fix that corrupted DNS cache.
1. Click the Microsoft Vista Start logo in the bottom left corner of the screen
2. Click All Programs
3. Click Accessories
4. RIGHT-click on Command Prompt
5. Select Run As Administrator
6. In the command window type the following and then hit enter: ipconfig /flushdns
7. You will see the following confirmation:
Windows IP Configuration Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.
Thanks Lenny
DNS entries time out all by themselves, so the "glitch" fixes itself if one is patient .... how smart is that ! Thank you Jon Postel for your brilliant ideas.
Dave
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Revolvers have a cache? Don't some states (like NY) limit the size of things like that?
-Sean <-- yes, yes, I know, it's a typo
Long live Jon Postel -- The High Wizard of RFCs!
http://internethalloffame.org/inductees/jon-postel
BTW: although DNS entries *do* timeout, if they are receiving "stale" entries from a DNS server, you can clear your cache all day and you'll be pounding your head against the wall. The only fix for that is to point your DNS resolver at other / better DNS servers.
-Sean
Actually, I empathize with the responder to that question. The Windows NT 3.1 operating system was released in 1993. (I was running beta copies of it on my desk at Intergraph, one of partner companies with Microsoft -- Intergraph wrote the OpenGL graphics engine that all of you enjoy in Windows today.) Windows NT 3.1 was the first Windows operating system to be completely 32-bit and not have any whiff of "DOS" or underlying DOS "engine" as its core.
It is now 2013, and people are *still* saying "DOS" or "MSDOS" when referring to the command prompt under today's modern version of Windows. ::sigh::
But alas, it is a problem that Microsoft has themselves to blame for. This is the price you pay for a monstrous marketing engine.
-Sean <-- relies on UNIX/Linux since the middle 1980s, and only uses Windows when he has to
I know, I run a few DNS servers myself. But in general a properly operating DNS hierarchy is self correcting, it just takes a bit of time for the updates to propagate. If your provider is not scavenging stale records then the hierarchy is not working correctly imo (been there done that too :embarrassed2
.Jon will live long in the memories of many, may be rest in piece.
Dave
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There was a fellow from Intergraph (or was it Silicon Graphics ? ) who was a big contributer to much underliing technology .... a well respected rfc author ... ring any bells ? We're talking late 80's maybe.
Dave <-- getting old
That was probably Dave Buehmann, and interestingly, there are still references to his old UUCP (non-SMTP) email address floating about:
...!uunet!ingr!daveb --OR-- ingr!daveb@UUNET
He contributed a ton of underlying technology to the Internet, wrote a couple RFCs, and there are references to him in the Assigned Numbers RFC #1700: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1700.txt
There are a couple of other famous Intergraph'ers who contributed a ton of code to the Windows kernel when Intergraph -- a then UNIX-only company in the early 1990s -- was asked by Microsoft to help port and rewrite graphics engine code to the Windows kernel. Folks like Albert Johnson, Gordon and Guy Streeter, Clark Williams (who's now one of the lead kernel architects at Red Hat), etc. Obviously, their contributions got assimilated by the Microsoft borg, and any references to these contributions have been long lost under the dust of time.
-Sean <-- also getting old
