>From the description for the service. The DNS Client service (dnscache) caches Domain Name System (DNS) names and registers the full computer name for this computer. If the service is stopped, DNS names will continue to be resolved. However, the results of DNS name queries will not be cached and the computer's name will not be registered. If the service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
Sounds like it would make dns lookups take a bit longer since they are no longer cached. If you are running active directory and the computers register their host name with DNS, that will no longer be maintained. After the DNS expiry time, the host should not be reachable via its' name, only IP address. May or may not be a problem, depending on your environment. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 5:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vista DNS Client Service Does anyone know what the Vista DNS Client Service does? I've had a number of vista computer give an error The DNS Client service has stopped working In my experience this error only occurs if the computer is running Vista SP1 and is a member of a domain. I was talking to someone the other day who was experiencing the same problem. He said they just turn the DNS client service off. I did it and my problem went away and no other problems have surfaced yet. I was a bit surprised. Being a DNS client seems like it's pretty important! Obviously this must not be required to resolve host names or my computer wouldn't be working very well. So, what's the DNS Client service do? Thanks for your help. Curt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
