From: noone@nowhere.noway.com   
      
   On 08/04/2011 10:57, David wrote:   
   > Windows XP Pro SP3 with all current updates applied.   
   >   
   > I have a problem in that svchost steals 100% of one of my cores while   
   > supposedly looking at DNS cache. This happens every time I restart the   
   > machine. Until I kill that process I can't get out onto the net.   
   > Fortunately I have Process Explorer which makes killing the thread easy   
   > but I would like to not have to do it. The references I found on google   
   > refer to something back in 2007 or thereabouts whereas this has only   
   > started in the last month, about three weeks after a reinstall.   
   >   
   > Can someone tell me what I have to fix or set to stop this behaviour,   
   > please?   
      
   When you start a command prompt and type "ipconfig /all", are you   
   seeing correct DNS server addresses as well as a correct Gateway   
   and IP address?  If not, check your TCP/IP settings - for most   
   systems this should be set to automatic (ie DHCP.)   
   If that doesn't work, the DNS servers at your ISP may be down etc -   
   you could manually set known working DNS servers in TCP/IP properties   
   to overcome that.   
   If all else fails, remove and reinstall the TCP/IP service and see   
   if that fixes it.   
   HTH,   
   --   
   Rob   
      
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