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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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dns client restart greyed out

Pretty basic question: I enter services.msc on Windows 10. I navigate to DNS client I right-click to restart DNS client All options are greyed out (start, stop, restart). How do I fix this? Note:...
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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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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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