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How does IE egenrate the DNSERROR page??
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frankm
2008-07-16 19:38:44 UTC
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Does anyone know how IE generates it's DNSERROR page (Page Not Found)??
And can it be modified or a substitue used?

Thanks
George Yin(MSFT)
2008-07-17 11:37:26 UTC
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Hello,

Do you mean that you want to customize the page that comes up in response
to a DNS error?

Unfortunately, there is no official way to redirect IE DNS error page to a
different one.

When you type a wrong address in the Internet Explorer, the DNS server will
return an error indicating that the address cannot be resolved. This error
message is received by the Internet Explorer and then the "Page Not Found
(DNS error)" page will show up.

This operation is handled by some system files (actually shdoclc.dll in
Windows XP and shdocvw.dll in Windows Vista). The destination of
res://shdoclc.dll/dnserror.htm is hard-coded into MSHTML. We don't have any
method to directly change this file; in addition, any customization of this
file is not supported officially. If you try that, some potential problems
may occur.

Sincerely,
George Yin
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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frankm
2008-07-17 12:25:08 UTC
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Thank you very much!
Post by George Yin(MSFT)
Hello,
Do you mean that you want to customize the page that comes up in response
to a DNS error?
Unfortunately, there is no official way to redirect IE DNS error page to a
different one.
When you type a wrong address in the Internet Explorer, the DNS server will
return an error indicating that the address cannot be resolved. This error
message is received by the Internet Explorer and then the "Page Not Found
(DNS error)" page will show up.
This operation is handled by some system files (actually shdoclc.dll in
Windows XP and shdocvw.dll in Windows Vista). The destination of
res://shdoclc.dll/dnserror.htm is hard-coded into MSHTML. We don't have any
method to directly change this file; in addition, any customization of this
file is not supported officially. If you try that, some potential problems
may occur.
Sincerely,
George Yin
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center
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George Yin(MSFT)
2008-07-18 12:01:29 UTC
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Hello,

Thank you for your update.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to let me
know and I would be happy to be of help.

Sincerely,
George Yin
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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