Chrome:The website uses HSTS. Network errors…this page will probably work later

Question

I am developing against localhost. This morning right after I used fiddler I started getting this error on chrome (works correctly in firefox)

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Answer 1

I have been suffering of this issue for very long time. I was unable to open websites like GitHub. I almost tried all the answer on web and not anyone worked. Tried to reinstall chrome also. I found the solution for this from our network guy and it worked. There is a fix in registry which will resolve this error for permanent basis.

1. Press Windows+R key to open run dialogue box
2. type : regeditand press enter to open registry
3. In the tree view at left click through following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > POLICIES > Microsoft > SystemCertificate > Authroot
4. Now double click on DisableRootAutoUpdate on the right and set it to 0(zero) in the dialogue box appearing
5. Restart your PC to apply registry changes and you will not get this error anymore

The solution above is for Windows 8. It is almost identical in later versions but i’m not sure for earlier versions like XP and vista. So that needs to be checked.