# Changing the dnserror page on my computer (not on a website) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 13, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082 "2004-10-13T21:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082/1 "2004-10-13T21:23:30Z")
I had an alternative dnserror page (to substitute for C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHDOCLC.DLL/dnserror.htm) Then I got a new system and I’ve forgotten how to find the key with Regedit. Where is that in the registry? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082/2 "2004-10-13T21:37:50Z")
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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082/3 "2004-10-13T22:34:49Z")
Couldn’t see dnserror in that list Guess I should have said I’m not on XP, but Win98 SE. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082/4 "2004-10-16T15:22:56Z")
(boost) Any other ideas? ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082/5 "2004-10-16T20:40:48Z")
I have XP Pro, I don’t know if it’ll be different in XP Home, or which version of XP you have. My Computer\HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082/6 "2004-10-16T20:43:18Z")
Wow, way to not read the previous posts! I haven’t had a computer with 98SE for years. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082/7 "2004-10-24T02:20:59Z")
Well fine. I’ve been finally prodded/shamed into “upgrading” to XP Home, which seems to be identical to Win98 except I lost $100 and two days making the change-over. And now that page is at (res://C:\WINDOWS\system32\shdoclc.dll/dnserror.htm) But I still can’t find the key with Regedit. My regedit screen is here: [http://tinypic.com/e0kk8](http://tinypic.com/e0kk8) As you can see, no “dnserror”. Now what? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082/8 "2004-10-24T02:56:16Z")
It’s NavigationFailure. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-the-dnserror-page-on-my-computer-not-on-a-website/269082/9 "2004-10-24T03:29:53Z")
I tried that key and all the others on that page, rebooted and still get the original dnserror.htm page