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re: RESOLVED - dun problems, possibly sp2 related
Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at 6:40 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Cybertime Tech Support
(6 messages posted)
omg dude thanks. it was the dns client service causing the issue on my box also.
I never would have though that and the custom hosts file i just installed were the
culprit. thanks again.
On Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 9:21 am, amaralliya e. thenardier wrote:
>windows 2000 and windows xp have an issue with the dns client service where if an
>abnormally large 'hosts' file is used (mine was around 500KB), services.exe will
>exhibit high processor usage. the fix for this problem is to either not use the
hosts
>file, or to disable the dns client service (which is pretty much useless anyway).
>to do the latter, hit start -> run, type in services.msc and hit enter (or
>right-click on my computer, hit manage, select services). in the right pane,
>scroll down until you find the dns client service, right-click on it, select stop.
>after it is stopped, right-click on it again and hit properties, and in the startup
>type section of the general tab, select disable, ok your way out, and
>restart.
>if you're interested in disabling more services, here's a pretty good guide: blkviper.com
>- windows 2000 service configuration guide (also blkviper.com
>- windows xp service configuration guide)
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