Re: Found another Bug it looks like in Windows 2000

From: Mark Strelecki, ACP (be6-507@nospam.strelecki.com)
Date: 01/15/03 

From: " Mark Strelecki, ACP" <be6-507@nospam.strelecki.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:53:38 -0500

I'm coming in here late, but if I understand the issue of delays with large
HOSTS files, I have a solution that has worked for me with both 2K as well
as XP.

Turn OFF the DNS Client service and disable it, then reboot.

It worked wonders for me in bootup times and normal system operations. 

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"Chuck" <not@available.org> wrote in message
news:jpp92vslv2ednd4arml07rif2ri8jmhbvl@4ax.com...
>
> Hey George, All,
>
> What a find! I happened to find this thread on Google trying to track
> down the sudden DNSCache timeout errors I was getting. As it happens,
> yesterday I decided to toss what appears to be a dying Ad-Aware (no
> updates for >4 mos.!) for SpyBot Search and Destroy. So far pretty
> good looking app that includes an option to download their custom
> hosts file. Mine had 3 entries in it but with SpyBot's it blossomed to
> over 300K! That's when the fun started. Finding these comments
> confirms my suspicion.
>
> My question is this:
> The hosts file contains the bazillion possible permutations of
> doubleclick server names (among others, bfast.com, cj.com, etc.). I
> don't know hosts files from config.sys but isn't there some way of
> saying something like:
> 127.0.0.1 *.doubleclick.net
>
> or maybe:
> 127.0.0.1 doubleclick.net
>
> Thanks for the contribs to the Global Knowledge Base!
>
> Chuck
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