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    CVE-2025-21231: Understanding the Latest Windows DoS Vulnerability

    Microsoft has released details on a newly discovered Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability, CVE-2025-21231, impacting the IP Helper service in Windows operating systems. If your brow is already furrowed in concern, let’s untangle what this means for Windows users and why it matters. But before...
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    Windows 7 Internet becomes unavailable randomly

    Greetings! Here's the issue: I've tried two different NIC's and they both do the same thing. One NIC was a PCI-E and the other is a USB. The internet just stops working, i.e. if you do a status on the adapter it says 'Internet not available.' Now! If I disable the new adapter and enable the...
    • MrBiggz
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    • adapter connectivity disconnect frustration home internet ip helper issues linksys network nic pcie solutions speedbooster support troubleshooting unavailable usb windows 7 wireless
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 high cpu usage after startup

    Hello, I kinda have a problem, we'll atleast i think i do. Whenever my pc boots up, CPU usage is like 30-60% for 10 minutes after startup. I've checked process explorer and it looks like a process called svchost.exe (netsvc) is behind this problem. To be more exact, its the services i think...
    • gts
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    • cpu usage group policy client ip helper performance process explorer services startup svchost troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 30-40 Uknown Devices Network Adapter

    Hello everyone, I've had this problem for a little over a month now and was ignoring it but now I think it is really effecting my computers speed causing ip helper service to use a lot of CPU. Anyways onto the problem. So I have around 30-40 unknown devices listed under my network adapters in...
    • Pandorum
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    • adapter connectivity cpu usage device manager diagnosis drivers error help installation issues ip helper network openvpn performance support troubleshooting unknown device vpn drivers windows
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Windows Networking