Change Dns Server Windows Vista

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When you make changes to DNS you will notice that sometimes your computer is caching the old DNS information. This article is to help you speed up the process if the issue lies on your computer specifically.

Change DNS server address to public DNS in Windows Vista (1) Right-click on network icon in the taskbar and click 'Network and Sharing Center' (2) Click 'Manage network connections' (3) Select the active/connected network adapter, right-click and select 'Properties'. How to Change DNS Server to Google Public DNS in Windows XP, Vista and 7 Go the Control Panel.Click Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center, then Manage network connections. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS.

  • Change the DNS servers from the Settings app. If you’re using a recent version of Windows 10, you.
  • Running/Configuring DNS Role. Select the DNS option on the sidebar of the Server Manager 2. Select the server you wish to manage, right click it, and click DNS Manager (Alternate method, Click the Start Menu, select Administrative Tools, and click DNS).

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In Vista, you may get an error 'The requested operation requires elevation.' when you try to use 'ipconfig /flushDNS' such as the following screenshot:

  1. Open a command prompt by clicking start > click the search and type 'CMD' and DO NOT hit enter.
  2. Right click 'Command' and 'Run as Administrator'
  3. In the command prompt, type 'ipconfig /flushdns'
  4. Now see if you are able to see the correct DNS by pinging your domain which should resolve to the new IP in relation to the DNS changes you made.
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If this didn’t help, you may simply need to wait 12-24 hours for the DNS to propagate throughout the internet. One way to see if other servers on the internet are seeing the change, is by using a free tool: http://megaproxy.com/freesurf and typing in your domain.

Content retrieved from: https://support.appliedi.net/kb/a316/how-to-clear-your-dns-cache-flushdns-in-windows-vista.aspx.

Updated on November 11, 2019

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