Please open a command prompt window as an administrator.
You can do this by searching "cmd" at start, right clicking the first thing and pressing "Run as an admin" in the context menu.
In the window, type in
ipconfig /flushdns
Then go back to Minecraft and see if you get the issue.
If you do,
You may have a problem with your hosts file, which overrides DNS queries. Please follow the following directions:
Hold down the Windows key, and press R. In the window that appears, enter "%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc", and press Enter. In the window that appears you will see a file, "hosts". Open that file in Notepad, and copy the contents here in a spoiler.
Please open a command prompt window as an administrator.
You can do this by searching "cmd" at start, right clicking the first thing and pressing "Run as an admin" in the context menu.
In the window, type in
ipconfig /flushdns
Then go back to Minecraft and see if you get the issue.
If you do,
You may have a problem with your hosts file, which overrides DNS queries. Please follow the following directions:
Hold down the Windows key, and press R. In the window that appears, enter "%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc", and press Enter. In the window that appears you will see a file, "hosts". Open that file in Notepad, and copy the contents here in a spoiler.
The normal screen comes up with the Minecraft news, but after I press the play button, it gets stuck on the java screen.
I've read a different post about a similar problem that was fixed by reinstalling java, I've tried that but it still is stuck.
I can log in to minecraft.net.
Bootstrap (v5)
Current time is Sep 3, 2013 10:37:44 AM
System.getProperty('os.name') == 'Windows 7'
System.getProperty('os.version') == '6.1'
System.getProperty('os.arch') == 'amd64'
System.getProperty('java.version') == '1.7.0_25'
System.getProperty('java.vendor') == 'Oracle Corporation'
System.getProperty('sun.arch.data.model') == '64'
Looking for update
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 2/10)
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 3/10)
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 4/10)
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 5/10)
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 6/10)
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 7/10)
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 8/10)
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 9/10)
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 10/10)
Exception: java.net.UnknownHostException: s3.amazonaws.com
Unable to download remote file. Check your internet connection/proxy settings.
Didn't find an update in time.
Reversing LZMA on C:\Users\Sabrina\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack.lzma to C:\Users\Sabrina\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\launcher.pack
FATAL ERROR: net.minecraft.bootstrap.FatalBootstrapError: Unable to un-lzma: LZMA.LzmaException: LZMA : Data Error
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.unpack(Bootstrap.java:146)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.execute(Bootstrap.java:123)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:381)
Please fix the error and restart.
Any help please?Wow, well ok. It just started working again, no clue why or what happened. Hope it doesn't happen again.
Hi,
This is a DNS issue.
Please open a command prompt window as an administrator.
You can do this by searching "cmd" at start, right clicking the first thing and pressing "Run as an admin" in the context menu.
In the window, type in Then go back to Minecraft and see if you get the issue.
If you do,
You may have a problem with your hosts file, which overrides DNS queries. Please follow the following directions:
Hold down the Windows key, and press R. In the window that appears, enter "%SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc", and press Enter. In the window that appears you will see a file, "hosts". Open that file in Notepad, and copy the contents here in a spoiler.
same prob heres whats inside the hosts