From 84a9a2fbe317549d28a7a3004f36c2e2ac084556 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Black Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 15:49:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Soft edits to the Windows instructions in the readme. --- readme_template.md | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/readme_template.md b/readme_template.md index fe614172c..1f23bbd34 100644 --- a/readme_template.md +++ b/readme_template.md @@ -335,11 +335,13 @@ manually flush your DNS cache once the new hosts file is in place. | The Google Chrome browser may require manually cleaning up its DNS Cache on `chrome://net-internals/#dns` page to thereafter see the changes in your hosts file. See: -## Using huge `hosts` file in Windows required disabling DNS Cache service. You have been warned. +## Warning: Using this `hosts` file in Windows may require disabling DNS Cache service. -Latest changes in security Windows 10 denied access to changing services via other tools except registry hack. Use file -`disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` for made proper changes in registry. After you need to reboot device. -Futher see details in cmd file code comment. +Windows has issues with larger hosts files. Recent changes in security within Windows 10 denies +access to changing services via other tools except registry hacks. Use the `disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd` +file to make proper changes to the Windows registry. You will need to reboot your device once that's done. +See the [the comments within the `cmd` file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/blob/master/disable-dnscache-service-win.cmd) +for more details. :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------