@echo off title Disable DNS Cache Service :: Check if we are an administrator. If not, exit immediately. :: BatchGotAdmin :: Check for permissions if "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%" equ "amd64" ( >nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\SysWOW64\config\system" ) else ( >nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system" ) :: If the error flag set, we do not have admin rights. if %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 ( echo Requesting administrative privileges... goto UACPrompt ) else ( goto gotAdmin ) :UACPrompt echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%TEMP%\getadmin.vbs" set params= %* echo UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/c ""%~s0"" %params:"=""%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%TEMP%\getadmin.vbs" wscript.exe "%TEMP%\getadmin.vbs" del "%TEMP%\getadmin.vbs" exit /b :gotAdmin :SCset :: VALUE :: 2 (Automatic) (DEFAULT) :: 4 (Disabled) (to prevent network freeze after applying a huge hosts file) :: :: See https://superuser.com/a/1277960 :: reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Dnscache" /v Start /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f echo Reboot your system now! echo. pause