Windows 10: Unwanted feature updates being forced over metered connection

Can you explain why this update "Feature update to Windows 10, version 1803" was forced on me over a metered connection? If I hacked into your pc and sent you unwanted software and made you pay for the 4g bandwidth it lapped up and then made you lose work time while it installed itself that would be illegal wouldn't it?

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Windows 10 Creators Update Might Force Updates Even on Metered Connections

A wording change in the latest build of the upcoming Creators Update for Windows 10 has users on metered connections worried. In previous Microsoft Insider's builds of the Creators Update, the section of the license agreement pertaining to automatic updates said "updates will be downloaded and installed automatically, except over metered connections (where charges may apply)."

In this latest build, the wording has been changed to a more worrisome version implying updating may still happen for important updates: "We'll automatically download and install updates, except on metered connections (where charges may apply). In that case, we'll automatically download only those updates required to keep Windows running smoothly."





Obviously, this implies critical updates and such may still be pulled from a metered connection without prior user consent. Considering many "critical updates" from Microsoft today come in the form of "Patch Tuesday" rollups often nearing a gig, this could get expensive on a metered connection where users pay by the gigabyte or worse.

Source: HotHardware

 

How to force Windows 10 to update over a "metered" connection

I have mobile broadband complete with dongle, but Windows 10 updates will not download due to a 'metered connection'. I have gone into settings and Wi-Fi, but there is no 'Advanced Options' section. The advice is:



If the 3g connection is a wireless connection, I request you to try the below steps:

• Go to Start menu > Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi > Advanced options.
• Under Metered connection, toggle Set as metered connection to Off.

What therefore is the solution?

 

How to force Windows 10 to update over a "metered" connection

Hi,

has this option been moved or removed with the anniversary update?

I can't find the metered option for the updates anymore.

Thanks for help!

Alex