One of the software programs I run on it has a memory leak that the software company attributes to the fact that I'm running a domain based network.

Netlogon is a central component of Windows domain-based networks that is responsible for handling secure channel authentication and pass-through credential validation.

I had this same problem. If your company is a domain based network which it most likley is, you need to connect VPN and your computer needs to join the domain. I had the same problems, I could ...