Windows using the DNS suffix search list on all lookups, even valid FQDNs. How to stop this?
Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 202695304 viewsConfidence Score0%
0%
Problem
When doing DNS lookups (specifically using nslookup, for some reason most things are not effected) Windows XP Pro SP3 is using the DNS suffix search list for every single one. Even for fully qualified domain names. For example I lookup "www.microsoft.com" but windows actually asks for "www.microsof…
Unverified for your environment
Select your OS to check compatibility.
1 Fix
Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification
Fix for: Windows using the DNS suffix search list on all lookups, even valid FQDNs. How to stop this?
Low Risk
Sorry to revive a clearly old question, but it seems no one suggested the obvious answer of forcing a fqdn. Just use a trailing dot to force top level lookup. So in this example lookup .
Awaiting Verification
Be the first to verify this fix
Sign in to verify this fix