So my Alienware laptop comes with a utility called Dell SupportAssist, as part of its optimization, the network optimization in particular, it says Optimization Done / Disable Task Offload: 1 What does that do exactly and how does disabling it supposed to improve things a per this tool?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/network/task-offload https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_offload_engine
Yes I know how to use Google. My question was more to get a basic understanding layman's terms and also why this Dell SupportTool is disabling it, as in, how is disabling it better since it seems to be doing this to enhance performance which I don't get.
Seems like quite a few people want to know about this, but there seems to be no real answers. https://www.dell.com/community/Supp...timize-Network-Results-Questions/td-p/7422160 https://www.dell.com/community/Wind...ntries-has-SupportAssist-deleted/td-p/5180121
Thanks for that link. It opened my eyes to many things. I don't like its registry cleaner. I used to always wonder why is VIPRE Antivirus not there in the listing under Programs & Features when I could've sworn I've seen it when I first installed it. I am guessing Dell SupportAssist deleted it accidentally with its registry cleaner and God knows what else it might've deleteed.
task offloading is done to reduce the CPU cycles used for controlling data tranfers, but it depends if your network device supports it. On or off depends on a few factors so it is up to you to make the choice, but usually you want it on. https://www.speedguide.net/faq/should-i-enable-tcp-offloading-449
