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Chrome DNS cache has negative TTL and expires just after a minute

There is a similar question here, Why does Chrome have TTL -1000 in the DNS Cache? but it has not answer either. When I visit, chrome://net-internals/#dns I see a lot of DNS cache with -1000 value. ...
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Force Firefox and Chrome to reload page including all graphics, even favicon

Using the latest Firefox and Chrome on macOS. I can refresh a page using ⌘+R. This doesn't reload any images if the browser thinks its cached version is still OK (even if it isn't). I can ...
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Seeing 'not allowed to load local resource' when running chrome://cache or chrome://view-http-cache

Would anyone know why I'm getting that message for the URLs above? Every other chrome URL I've tried (chrome://history, settings...) works fine, but the cache ones suddenly do not. They worked for ...
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How to view and read cached page

I am wondering if there is a way to view a cached page from my insurance benefits. Long story short, they are telling me that my kids were never on the plan, I am certain they were. I viewed my ...
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Does clearing/flushing the DNS cache in Google Chrome delete the history, etc.?

I had a couple of questions: If I follow the instructions here, then will it also delete the history, auto-fill details, passwords, etc. from Google Chrome? (I just wanna double check before I ...
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Unable to redirect a website by modifying etc/hosts file

I am trying to redirect a website by overriding its IP address in the hosts file. But it doesn't work. I have done the following so far: Modified hosts file by mapping the IP address of twitter.com ...
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How do I view an older version of my Chrome cache

I'm trying to access a specific version of a web page that I know I accessed from my machine earlier today. However, I've visited the page since it's changed, so my Chrome cache has updated to the new ...
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How to restore content of page from the cache in Chrome?

I want restore the page of the site I visited, but without internet connection. Is it possible in Chrome? I can find a link and a title of the page in my history in Chrome (History button or Ctrl+H). ...
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Can't acces to a MIT webpage (Chrome and Firefox)

I'm trying to download a PDF about wind energy (Link) from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology webpage but Chrome throw me this. web.mit.edu's server DNS addres could not be found. ...
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Make Chrome Resources available offline (for dev work)

I like to do web development work while being on the train, with poor connectivity... Most content I look at in my Chrome browser comes from the local server but a very few resources come from remote ...
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(cache from disk) with Chrome/Safari cache on macOS Sierra

I'm having a problem with the cache in Chrome/Safari on macOS. I'm updating my CSS file but the browser refuses download it from my local development machine. I have confirmed changes in compiled CSS ...
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How to find my ISP's caching server?

I have a 2MB connection but get around 250kb/s download. I saw a video on YouTube to use Google caching, but that gives me the same speed. I want to know which caching my ISP supports, so I can ...
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How does chrome empty cache? [duplicate]

Chrome has a feature where if you double click the refresh button, you can empty cache and hard reload. How does chrome empty the cache? I'm well aware that, on a Mac, if you it command+shift+delete, ...
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How to prevent CC-Cleaner to delete DevDocs.io cached data

I am using DevDocs.io quite often when developing. It's quite handy when working offline fe. on the train or places where there is no immediate internet connection. I'm also using CC-Cleaner on a ...
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Play locally cached youtube video

I have recently watched a Youtube video and have found out that Chrome stores temporary files in C:\Users\[USER]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache. However, all files there are ...

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