Domain Name Resolution Failure. Verify your Domain Name System DNS is configured and working correctly. In reality the issue is much more likely to be caused by your network connectivity.
A typical DNS failure is when one or more authoritative name servers stop responding. If the domain name resolution problems are unique to Internet Explorer then you have the option of running Internet Explorer with no browser add-ons. In this article we will look at some of the causes of the temporary failure in name resolution error and solutions to this issue.
The Windows client will try each of these methods until it either successfully resolves the name or exhausts these methods.
Specify the fully qualified domain name FQDN and the IP address of the root server that you want to add and then click OK. If name resolutions are failing on your local network try pinging some of the servers on your network. Many times if you open your web browser go to a URL and that URL fails to bring up a website you might erroneously blame DNS. Click the Root Hints tab and then click Add.