Most computer workstations in a Windows NT domain are Microsoft Domain Name System (DNS) clients and as such they store or cache name resolution lookup request searches locally to speed up name resolution on the network.
Sometimes while on the internet or on the Local Area Network (LAN) your client(s) may get a bad DNS entry. If you do not want to wait for the DNS cache to automatically remove this entry you can delete or flush it manually from the command prompt using IpConfig.
To flush the DNS resolver cache manually from the command prompt enter the following:
IpConfig /FlushDns
You will then be presented with the following:
Windows IP Configuration
Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.
To view your DNS resolver cache from the command prompt enter the following:
IpConfig /DisplayDns
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