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xiombarg7
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It's July the 9th, trying to reinstall, and still have the same problem. I'd rather not reduce my security level to Medium, so I take it there is not currently a workaround on this? I should just forego this critical update?
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patermann
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| PiranhaPete wrote: | | is there any benefit from disabling the Windows DNS Client service? |
Disabling this service can speed up Internet access substantially if you have a large hosts file (e.g. MVPS hosts file). You can get more information here: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm . It talks about the DNS Client service about halfway down the page. Look for "Editors Note".
Note: In my case, I made the startup type "Manual" instead of "Disabled" just in case but I have never seen it running since I did that.
HTH
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patermann
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: Malicious Software Removal Tool and WGA |
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| gorgelink wrote: | The Malicious Software Removal Tool that comes bundled with the Windows July updates seems to check for a genuine Windows copy (WGA technology???).
Additionally, I was asked to accept (or decline) a license. |
As soon as it requested that I agree to a lengthy license (in a small box requiring much scrolling), I assumed that it was asking me to allow even more intrusion by MS so I immediately declined and have turned off notifications for MSRT updates. I already have good anti-virus and anti-malware programs - (hopefully) I do not need more from Microsoft.
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pwillener
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mrrockford
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facedown
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Jeez, I wish I had found this site sooner. I spent umpteen hours trying LAN fixes, registry scans, hard restarts and more before I finally did sequential GoBack reboots until I got it working again. I've turned off Automatic Updates but confess that I don't understand how to do the DNS Client Service fix.
I have a feeling I'll be lurking here fairly regularly.
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pwillener
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Welcome to Castlecops. Sometimes it takes a problem to find us, but I'm glad you found us eventually. But I'm sure there were a lot of people looking around the Internet for a solution for their unexpected network access problems.
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mrrockford
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:44 am Post subject: |
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Howdy,
| Quote: | | I'm sure there were a lot of people looking around the Internet |
That should be "trying to look"! 
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Scott_Hollingsworth
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| mrrockford wrote: | Howdy,
| Quote: | | I'm sure there were a lot of people looking around the Internet |
That should be "trying to look"! |
Eggs-axe-lee. I have been fielding a lot of calls from friends & family on this. Some have said they don't want this "security stuff" if it breaks their computer. Usually, I only have to remind them of how much worse their computer was before I put the "security stuff" on their computer.
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