nsi memory leaks fixed yet?

Through trial and error, I figured it has something to do with the router and network card, or maybe just the router.  Here's the story.

I've got two Buffalo WHR-G54S routers that act as a common wireless network using WDS mode.  These routers are using a 3rd party firmware called Tomato.  My desktop with the NSI memory leak is plugged in by cable to the primary Buffalo router.  That primary router is also connected to a Cisco cable modem/router, using the Buffalo WAN port.  All my network/internet functions seem to work, except for the NSI memory leak.

When I unplug the computer's ethernet wire out of the Buffalo router and plug it into an open port on the Cisco, wha-la, the NSI memory consumption is rock solid.  Plug it back into the Buffalo network, and the memory jumps up and begins climbing.

So, I think it has to do with the Tomato firmware I put on my routers, or the way its set up.  Does anyone else see any commonalities in their setups?

• Andre

Using the Process Explorer, it still does not allow me to stop, or restart the service. States it is dependent on other services and a stop request has been sent, but never stops. I have also discovered if I uninstall my network card driver, ALL the missing memory comes back, and NSI is in check. However, attempted to uninstall Realtek's driver (Aug 2013), and rebooted to allow Windows to install it's own driver (Sep 2008). This did nothing. Watched as NSI grows in PE. The performance graph shows a steady increase in it's memory consumption. Disabling my adapter seems to recoup the lost memory, however WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THIS.

I am using a Realtek adapter built onto my ASUS P5QL/EPU motherboard. Others state using onboard, or expansion card types, that they have the same issues. How can this issue plaque SO many different types of PC's, Network cards, and even Windows versions. I am running Win7, others I read are using Win8, Win2008Server, Vista... Come on... Is there NOTHING out there to solve this issue? I have even STREAMLINED all running services to have as much free RAM as possible, and STILL NSI continues to grow. I have tried ALL ideas found on the net relating to this issue. COME ON MICROSOFT, SUPPORT YOUR PRODUCTS! PLEASE!

A frustrated Jasthrus

I'm having the same issue on my computer with no avail.  The problem stops when I do a safe boot with networking.  However, disabling all non-Microsoft services and startup programs does not help.

Similar to Jasthrus, I'm running a Core 2 Quad (9550) process in an ASUS Rampage motherboard with Nvidea graphics.

I think my machine recently updated the Nvidea drivers.  I'll try to roll those back and see if I have any luck.

Srinivas KR does not provide an answer.  This problem continues and has not been solved.

I continue to monitor the problem, run rootkit, malware, anivirus, etc. scanners and they show nothing. 

I have been using Process Explorer to restart the nsi service as Liam discusses above.  I have observed that nsi memory grows very slowly for about 5 days and then starts to grow exponentially.  At this point, i need to restart the process every day because it grows so fast OR i just restart the whole system and the memory footprint will stay small for another 5 days.

This is a pain MS.  If i do not monitor this process, my system will slow to a crawl at the point nsi consumes ~5 GB of my 8 GB of memory.  Please provide a solution.

The response by Srinivas KR has been marked as the answer.  Does that mean no one is actively monitoring this issue anymore?

I have a workaround to avoid having to restart your PC.  Just restart the svchost process, or if you've separated out the processes, the nsi, process, using Process Explorer, provided free from Microsoft (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx)

It frees up the memory and so far, I've seen no negative knock-on effects from restarting the offending process, even with network/internet apps open.

• Liam