nsi memory leaks fixed yet?

I have removed all version of IE from my system, yet the problem still occurs, so I don't believe it to be related to IE.

Just FYI, you can't remove Internet Explorer, because it's an integral part of the operating system. You can remove all the updates and remove access to the browser, but you can't get rid of it altogether. So you still can't say whether IE's involved in the problem or not.

Okay, what I meant was I've uninstalled Internet Explorer and updates from 'Programs and Features' and also turned off IE from within 'Windows features'.

• Liam

I have removed all version of IE from my system, yet the problem still occurs, so I don't believe it to be related to IE.

Just FYI, you can't remove Internet Explorer, because it's an integral part of the operating system. You can remove all the updates and remove access to the browser, but you can't get rid of it altogether. So you still can't say whether IE's involved in the problem or not.

Also, to confirm.  I have removed all version of IE from my system, yet the problem still occurs, so I don't believe it to be related to IE.

• Liam

I've already tried everything as well. The only thing left is a fresh install of Windows 7. Which I really don't want to do either. I keep hoping for some magical fix. But it doesn't look like there will be any solution any time soon. Though if a repair using the Windows 7 SP1 disc didn't fix it I'm worried the fresh install will be a waste of time too. But I wouldn't think any hardware is causing it.

I have been monitoring with Process Expolrer (PE) as SnittyChat suggested in the last post for several months now splitting up the services and watching the NSI memory increase using PE.

I have gone as little as 18 hours and as many as 11 days without issue.  i have followed every bit of advice on this forum from virus/malware scanning, replacing network hardware, updating firmware, removing IE, etc... and nothing seems to work.

Other observations:

• The majority of the time after a fresh boot, it will take many days for NSI spin out of control consuming memory.  When I use PE to restart, the problem returns within hours, but is a quick remedy when needed.
• I have 3 Win7 systems.  One is a work system that has Win7 enterprise and has no issues with NSI. Second one is a laptop with has Win7Pro64 and has no issues with NSI.  Third one is a desktop with Win7Pro64 and is the one that has all the issues with NSI.  The Desktop and the laptop are virtually identical with software installed except the desktop has office 2013, Skydriver, and GoogleDrive.  All of them have all the Microsoft updates applied including IE11.
• That the issue is not related to network hardware i.e. a router issue doesn't seem to apply since only 1 out of the 3 systems I have has an issue.
• I have Macs, iPhones, and Android devices on the network. (not sure this is helpful other than to give more information).
• The difference between the 3 systems  may be that the desktop had the original Win76Pro installed.  The other two systems started with SP1 - these are the ones with no issues.

My next step is to do a clean install of the desktop.  Given that this is a time consuming process, it may be a while before I get around to it.