All client computers on your company network run Windows 7. The Finance department staff run an
application that collects data from 09:30 hours to 15:00 hours everyday. After data collection, the
application generates reports that contain data aggregation for the day and the previous week.

During report generation, the Finance department staff experience slow performance on their
computers. You discover that the usage of the processor on these computers is between 90 and 100
percent. You need to reduce the impact of report generation on the Finance computers. What
should you do?

A.
Set the priority of the application to Low.

B.
Set the priority of the application to Real-time.

C.
Configure the processor affinity mask to ensure that the application uses all the available
processors.

D.
Modify the memory settings of the computers to optimize the performance of the background
applications.