Windows 10: Updates on a metered connection.

Discus and support Updates on a metered connection. in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Hello there, I read an article today which said: Windows 10 users will receive "automatic updates without any additional notice." By default,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by emgray, Jul 16, 2015.

  1. emgray Win User

    Updates on a metered connection.


    Hello there,
    I read an article today which said:

    Windows 10 users will receive "automatic updates without any additional notice."


    By default, Windows 10 will download, install, and reboot machines automatically when they’re not in use to install the updates. There’s only one other option: download, install, and choose when to reboot.

    Source: The Verge

    I spend at least 5-6 months a year on a metered connection through a usb 3g dongle so I don't want to be downloading updates and wasting the allowance. Currently I have 8.1 and it's on the choose when to download and install option. I've already signed up for the Windows 10 upgrade but if there is no way around this I can't install it.

    I saw that you can set a network as a metered connection but some updates will still be downloaded and installed. About 500MB worth of these updates a month isn't a big issue but anything above that is not something I want.

    Thanks for reading.

    :)
     
    emgray, Jul 16, 2015
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  2. Ray Roden Win User

    Updates on a metered connection

    I have a metered connection, 10G per month. During the hours of midnight and 5 a.m. the meter does NOT run and would be a great time to download updates, especially like the new builds on Windows 10. Updates can suck up a lot of data. Is there anyway
    to schedule update downloading times?
     
    Ray Roden, Jul 16, 2015
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  3. Sumit Dhiman2, Jul 16, 2015
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Updates on a metered connection.

    Brink, Jul 16, 2015
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  5. emgray Win User
    Thanks for the reply.

    The reason I started this thread was because on the Microsoft site it says that Windows update will only download priority updates when on a metered connection. Are these sort of updates rare and / or have a small file size?
     
    emgray, Jul 16, 2015
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  6. Brink
    Brink New Member
    That's link you updated in your first post just means that updates will install automatically, but they will not automatically download over a metered connection like it the screenshot I posted.

    The screenshot I posted above is from build 10240.
     
    Brink, Jul 16, 2015
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  7. emgray Win User
    emgray, Jul 16, 2015
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  8. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Updates on a metered connection.

    Based on what it says in the screenshot, it shouldn't be an issue. *Smile
     
    Brink, Apr 5, 2018
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