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Private Internet Access coverage on WindowsForum.com centers on the PIA VPN client for Windows and how its networking changes affect real-world performance. The most detailed discussion examines PIA 3.8.0, released October 15, 2026, which adopts the WireGuard-NT 1.1 kernel driver and adds an OpenVPN Data Channel Offload (DCO) kernel driver to speed up connections by changing how the client interacts with the Windows networking stack. The thread weighs vendor speed claims against the architectural reasons behind them, making this tag useful for Windows users comparing VPN clients, kernel-level drivers, and encryption performance.
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    PIA 3.8.0 for Windows: WireGuard-NT and OpenVPN DCO Promise Faster VPN Speeds

    When a VPN vendor promises to triple your connection speeds on Windows with a single software update, veteran IT folks usually reach for the salt shaker. Yet Private Internet Access (PIA) has a legitimate architectural reason for its bold claims in desktop client version 3.8.0, released on...