Disable Windows 10 DNS Cache services: -------------------------------------------------------- Disable DNS Client through registry: Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Dnscache, Locate the Start registry key and change its value from 2 (Automatic) to 4 (Disabled) ---------------------------------------------------------- Disable DNS client through command line: REG add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Dnscache" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f ---------------------------------------------------------- From: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/a04284f9-cf27-4f37-82fe-31255f70625f/how-to-disable-windows-10-dns-cache-services Date Found: 24th March 2019