WinXP won't clear the DNS cache (can it be cleared manually)?
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From: John Corliss on 27 Mar 2010 20:22 Kat Rabun wrote: > Char Jackson wrote: > >> Just add AdBlock Plus and stop messing around with your Hosts file. >> I can't even fathom the amount of trouble you're enduring with your >> method of blocking ads. > > Is "AdBlock Plus" freeware? > > Your web reference says that you need one of 40 "filter subscriptions" to > block "online advertising" and "malware domains". > > http://adblockplus.org/en/ To the OP: To clear the DNS cache manually, I use a simple batch file I named "Flush DNS cache.bat" and which contains only the following line: ipconfig/flushdns -- John Corliss BS206. I block all Google Groups posts due to Googlespam, and as many posts from anonymous remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries posted through them. No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: Mainframe on 27 Mar 2010 22:15 On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:12:16 +0000, Kat Rabun wrote: > On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:38:47 -0500, Char Jackson wrote: > >> Just add AdBlock Plus and stop messing around with your Hosts file. I >> can't even fathom the amount of trouble you're enduring with your >> method of blocking ads. > > Is "AdBlock Plus" freeware? Yep, it's a freeware add-on for firefox > > Your web reference says that you need one of 40 "filter subscriptions" > to block "online advertising" and "malware domains". The subscriptions are just lists of known malware sites, totally free to subscribe (optional too). I just use a hosts file and dont bother with subscriptions.
From: DanS on 27 Mar 2010 22:53 > So my question has morphed to ... > > What does the DNS Client service actually do > (besides slowing down huge hosts files and prevening > network repairs)? Since it appears no one has answered your question....I will. DNS - Domain name server. A domain is the common name you know a website by. www.sony.com - sony.com is the domain name. google.com facebook.com All domain names. IP address - The physical address of a host... google.com: 72.14.204.103 facebook.com: 69.63.181.11 You can open a browser, and in it type one of those IP address and the web page will open just like you typed it respective URL, either google.com or facebook.com When the internet was developed (ARPNET at that time), it was deemed that a human would not be able to remember IP addresses of hosts they needed to contact. A mechanism was put in place that gives IP adresses English hostnames. It's a lot easier to remember facebook.com than 69.63.181.11 So, they devised a scheme to store URL-to-IP mappings. When you type in facebook.com and hit enter, the DNS client, you're PC, see's that a domain name was entered in the address bar and not an IP address. Since the internet works on IP addresses, and not URLs, your PC contacts the DNS server (usually inside your ISP) and tells it you are looking for facebook.com. The DNS server then replies to your PC what the IP address of facebook.com is. The browser then plugs in the IP address instead of the easily memorable URL and off it goes trying to open the web page.
From: Nicetameetya on 27 Mar 2010 22:59 [Default] On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:22:32 -0700, John Corliss <q34wsk20(a)yahoo.com> told us in complete confidence: > >To the OP: > >To clear the DNS cache manually, I use a simple batch file I named >"Flush DNS cache.bat" and which contains only the following line: > >ipconfig/flushdns If I'm not mistaken there's a space after ipconfig. ipconfig /flushdns
From: Char Jackson on 28 Mar 2010 03:09
On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:59:27 +1300, Nicetameetya <gday(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >[Default] On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:22:32 -0700, John Corliss ><q34wsk20(a)yahoo.com> told us in complete confidence: > >> >>To the OP: >> >>To clear the DNS cache manually, I use a simple batch file I named >>"Flush DNS cache.bat" and which contains only the following line: >> >>ipconfig/flushdns > >If I'm not mistaken there's a space after ipconfig. > >ipconfig /flushdns By convention, yes there's usually a space between the command and any switches, but it works equally well, at least in this case, without the space. (It looks strange without a space to me, too.) |