By having the network do things itself that the local computer usually does, the CPU processes needed to maintain a network connection are lowered. This does not work on all cards, and it can cause network connectivity problems on systems where the service is enabled but unsupported, so please check with your NIC manufacturer prior to enabling this tweak. * navigate to: HKLM »System »CurrentControlSet »Services »TCP/IP »Parameters * Create a new value (or change an old one) o type= DWORD o name= "DisableTaskOffload" o value= 0