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networkservice svchost exe locks PC ...CPU 49% solved?

Started by Dan benDan , May 01 2011 12:12 PM

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Dan benDan

Posted 01 May 2011 - 12:12 PM

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Periodically (every 10 min or so) my PC slows down and Process Lasso shows svchost.exe(networkservice)at 49% - 50%.
During this time I can not get to the LAN or internet.

Google research indicated that the service was connected to DNS Cache.
My Host file was a leftover from win 98 days and was HUGE!
I reset it to the default values and the problem seems to have gone away.

Problem closed!

Edited by Dan benDan, 04 May 2011 - 04:08 PM.