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Does the Windows "browser" service need access to DNS (port 53)?
Does the Windows "Browser" service need access to DNS (port 53)?
If so, in what cases?
By "Windows", I'm referring to Windows 7-10.
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How to re-enable Network & Sharing Center in Windows 10
I have a puzzling issue. My Windows 10 machine one day a few weeks ago started to have connectivity problems. Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Steam have almost no ability to complete a web request (Can't ...
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Why does every executable sends DNS request after deleting DNScache service?
In Windows, there is a service named DNS Client service (dnscache) caches DNS names and registers the full computer name. When it is running only svchost.exe connects to DNS server. Then I stop and ...
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How is the Firewall taking priority over other applications when the PC first boots?
How is the Firewall taking priority over other applications when the PC first boots? How is the priority given,is it through a kernel driver?
I'm using Comodo Firewall and I see that the Spotify app ...
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Windows service is disabling Cortana - Windows 10 (ver 1511)
After updating to Windows 10 ver 1511 (build 10586.29) the following issues arose:
There is a two second delay from clicking the start menu to it appearing.
Search functionality within the start menu ...
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Common (platform independent) solution to send print jobs to a computer in any foreign network (e.g. via email)?
Imagine a common "private" network with a printer which I technically cannot (and must not!) reach because I'm in a different network and I want to be able to print a file (pdf) on this printer.
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Windows could not start the Server service on Local Computer. Error 1068
I am trying to start the Server service and the Computer Browser service at boot. I believe the Computer Browser service relies on the server service to be running. When I attempt to start either ...
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Locally monitoring services up/down on other Windows machines
I have multiple services running on several Windows Server machine on our local network, and I would like to monitor them from my local Windows 7 machine, so I am notified when one or more services ...
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Wait for Ping and notify
Is there a utility that works in the background and is able to notify me if my computer is being pinged?
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How to know which program is using the WebClient service?
I just found out by using TCPView that one of my svchost.exe had an http connection in "CLOSE_WAIT" to a strange IP address, although no other visible program was running.
With the help of Process ...
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Which service should I make mine dependant on?
I want to add a dependency to my service so that it only tries to start after most of the Windows services have started. Can anyone recommend such a service that is unlikely to have been disabled for ...
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