Bill Kearney

IE DNS problem?

Using Internet Explorer and moving hosts from one DNS address to another? Find that IE doesn't seem to want to 'let go' of the old DNS records? Then hack the registry to cause it to reload the cache a but more frequently:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"DnsCacheTimeout"=dword:0000003c

This will cause IE to expire it's cache every 60 seconds (3C hex). This may be more frequent than you'd want to use on a regular basis however. Adjust it accordingly or delete the entry once your DNS troubles resolve themselves. (pun intended)