DHCP32.exe

[Jason Frost]

I have been running my Windows XP PC with no problems. I connected to AOL 9
(this may be a coincidence) but since then my computer has started to
'crawl' and is unusable. Even after a reboot it is still slow. I have run
Ad-Aware and Norton AntiVirus but this did not find anything.
In desperation I started to end processes in Task Manager and found that if
I stopped DHCP32.exe then my computer bounced back into life immediately.
Does anyone know what this file does? Can I remove it permenantly? How would
I go about doing this - as everytime I reboot it comes back.

Thanks,


Jason

 

[Guest]

It controlls your networconfiguaration by updating ip-adresses and DNS. It's
nothing you should remove if you still want to connect to the net.

In admin tools the command should be automaticly started (check if), and
this is the command:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
You can also stop it and deactivate it and see if you can run the net after
that. But don't delete the file.

 

[Guest]

Here is a short way to the tools
start>run>services.msc

 

[Jason Frost]

If I end the process via Task Manager I can still access the net if I leave
the svchost process running? Can I deactivate the dhcp32.exe but still leave
the svchost running?

 

[Guest]

the svchost is the same for the dhcp

It controlls your networconfiguaration by updating ip-adresses and DNS. It's
nothing you should remove if you still want to connect to the net.

In admin tools the command should be automaticly started (check if), and
this is the command:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
You can also stop it and deactivate it and see if you can run the net after
that. But don't delete the file.

 

[Jason Frost]

If I look at the task Manager, there are multiple svchost processes
running - should this be the case?

 

[Guest]

svchost controlls multiple tasks, many witch has nothing to do with DHCP