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Event ID 8002: Unable to start DNS Client service because the system failed to allocate memory and may be out of available memory

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Unable to start DNS Client service because the system failed to allocate memory and may be out of available memory.

Event 8002
DNS-Client
System log
Error
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Unable to start DNS Client service because the system failed to allocate memory and may be out of available memory. Try closing any applications not in use or reboot the computer. See event details for specific error code information.

Completed policy processing due to network state change for computer … in … seconds.

Event 8002
GroupPolicy
System log
Information
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
Completed policy processing due to network state change for computer … in … seconds.