"Crazy Noddy" wrote:
> "siljaline" <siljaline@nospam.com> wrote in message news:f9vnhl$936$1@aioe.org...
>> 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.

The size of the file has no bearing if you have disabled the DNS client, Vista or XP.

Silj

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