DSN Cache

How does one clean the DSN cache?

My desktop's file-sharing connection with two laptops recently stopped
spontaneously.
though It still works on the two laptops. All three machines are Win XP SP2
(Home) and connect directly to the Internet through an ADSL modem and
router.

I successfully 'repaired' the "Lan or High-Speed Internet Connection" on
the two laptops but the repair process on the desktop ends with an error
message:

<<Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
action cannot be completed:
Cleaning the DNS cache
For assistance, contact the person who manages your network.>>

I'm the network manager but have no idea what "DNS" stands for, to say
nothing of how to clean its cache.

Could someone please explain what is a DNS cache and guide me though the
process successfully repairing my desktop's LAN connection?

Thanks.

Go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...j_ipa_vitx.asp

HTH

MD



"Joseph Carrier" wrote:

> How does one clean the DSN cache?
>
> My desktop's file-sharing connection with two laptops recently stopped
> spontaneously.
> though It still works on the two laptops. All three machines are Win XP SP2
> (Home) and connect directly to the Internet through an ADSL modem and
> router.
>
> I successfully 'repaired' the "Lan or High-Speed Internet Connection" on
> the two laptops but the repair process on the desktop ends with an error
> message:
>
> <<Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
> action cannot be completed:
> Cleaning the DNS cache
> For assistance, contact the person who manages your network.>>
>
> I'm the network manager but have no idea what "DNS" stands for, to say
> nothing of how to clean its cache.
>
> Could someone please explain what is a DNS cache and guide me though the
> process successfully repairing my desktop's LAN connection?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>

Thanks for the suggestion.

Unfortunately, using the command "ipconfig /display" yields the report:
"Cannot display the DNS Resolver Cache." Using the command "ipconfig /flush
yields the report: "Can not flush the DNS Resolver Cache."

Do you, or any other reader of this thread, have any idea what those
responses signify? If you were faced with this situation, what would you
do?


"MadDog" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news4F12256-9621-4A83-9E9F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Go here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...j_ipa_vitx.asp
>
> HTH
>
> MD
>
>
>
> "Joseph Carrier" wrote:
>
>> How does one clean the DSN cache?
>>
>> My desktop's file-sharing connection with two laptops recently stopped
>> spontaneously.
>> though It still works on the two laptops. All three machines are Win XP
>> SP2
>> (Home) and connect directly to the Internet through an ADSL modem and
>> router.
>>
>> I successfully 'repaired' the "Lan or High-Speed Internet Connection" on
>> the two laptops but the repair process on the desktop ends with an error
>> message:
>>
>> <<Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
>> action cannot be completed:
>> Cleaning the DNS cache
>> For assistance, contact the person who manages your network.>>
>>
>> I'm the network manager but have no idea what "DNS" stands for, to say
>> nothing of how to clean its cache.
>>
>> Could someone please explain what is a DNS cache and guide me though the
>> process successfully repairing my desktop's LAN connection?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>

Hi
Issue the command "ipconfig /flushdns" (without the quotation).
Jack (MVP-Networking).


"Joseph Carrier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> How does one clean the DSN cache?
>
> My desktop's file-sharing connection with two laptops recently stopped
> spontaneously.
> though It still works on the two laptops. All three machines are Win XP
SP2
> (Home) and connect directly to the Internet through an ADSL modem and
> router.
>
> I successfully 'repaired' the "Lan or High-Speed Internet Connection" on
> the two laptops but the repair process on the desktop ends with an error
> message:
>
> <<Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
> action cannot be completed:
> Cleaning the DNS cache
> For assistance, contact the person who manages your network.>>
>
> I'm the network manager but have no idea what "DNS" stands for, to say
> nothing of how to clean its cache.
>
> Could someone please explain what is a DNS cache and guide me though the
> process successfully repairing my desktop's LAN connection?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>