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re: RESOLVED - dun problems, possibly sp2 related
Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 5:02 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Steve309
(5 messages posted)
I can confirm that having too large of a hosts file can cause this behavior on dial-up
connections. I use Spybot Search & Destroy's "immunize" feature to protect
from spyware. What this feature does is place tons on entries in your hosts file,
which points known spyware sites to the loopback address (127.0.0.1), so they can't
grab data from the internet. My hosts file was over 300K.I'm going to write them
an email stating they release a "lite" version of their immunization file. Thanks
again for posting your solution!
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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