4. PRECAUTIONS WHILE THE OS IS RUNNING
4.4 Security Enhancement Functionality
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Windows
10 enables Windows Defender, a function that offers anti-spyware functionality. Windows Defender also
includes antivirus functionality. In some cases, this antivirus functionality might adversely impact application
performance compared to using Windows
4.5 Factory Default Network Settings
● Turning off SNP (Scalable Networking Pack)
SNP is intended to reduce processor load by delegating TCP-related processing to the network adapter. SNP
consists of the following three features:
• TCP Chimney Offload
• Receive Side Scaling (RSS)
• Network Direct Memory Access (NetDMA)
Unfortunately, if the system is used in Windows
or network performance might be reduced when you use the network in specific ways. For these reasons, SNP is
disabled in this equipment.
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Windows
10 disables TCP Chimney Offload and Network Direct Memory Access (NetDMA) by default, so users
need only disable Receive Side Scaling (RSS).
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7.
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with SNP turned on, network processing might become unstable,
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