"siljaline" <siljaline@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> You should disable the DNS client service.
> <http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm#Note>

OK, thanks. I've disabled it now but I was getting no slowdown on Vista64
and the size is now 160kb. MVPS says it will slowdown the OS if it is over
135kb.