Google Chrome and ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED

I have become a Google Chrome fan.  I started using the browser as an experiment for a few weeks, and haven’t looked back since (I chronicled the switch on my blog).  However, one thing I started to notice is that I would fairly frequently click on a page on my laptop (connected via wireless, of course) and Google Chrome would timeout, sometimes quickly, with a message that the page could not be displayed.   Expanding the little plus sign for more information on the page provided a “ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED” message.

Huh?  Looks like some kind of DNS error.

Reloading the page often would bring up the site, though sometimes I’d have to do it two or three times.  It did get annoying.  In doing some research, I found a simple fix:  I turned off my Windows Firewall.  

In Windows Vista, go to Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall.  From there, select to Change Settings and turn it off.  I found that I received the ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED page a lot less (as in, not one since then).

Anyone else run into this?  And anyone have other tips / tricks / thoughts regarding Google Chrome?

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