Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems
Date	2015-10-06 17:32 +0000
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felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> wrote:
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> Then there's also this re Windows Defender.. "You can turn this off 
> temporarily, but if it's off for a while, we'll turn it on 
> automatically" IOW we have to use Defender! However, it's greyed out on 
> mine, so I can't even turn it off! I wonder if it causes any probs with 
> third party malware/AV that most ppl would be using?

  For avast! it's just the other way around: If you have avast! you
can't turn on Windows Defender. Not that you would want to, because
(besides AV) avast! already does malware detection.

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How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-04 19:49 +1100
  Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 20:00 +1100
    Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-05 08:00 +1100
      Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 08:35 +1100
  Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 13:18 +1100
    Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-05 18:51 +1100
  Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems Sandgroper <woodbudgie@DROPKNICKERSgmail.com> - 2015-10-05 17:15 +0800
    Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-06 00:35 +1100
      Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update   strangers' systems felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-06 16:32 +1100
        Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update     strangers' systems felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-10-06 16:33 +1100
        Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update   strangers' systems Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-10-06 17:32 +0000
    Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-11-09 19:02 +0800
  Re: How to stop Windows 10 from using your PC's bandwidth to update strangers' systems Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-10-05 17:16 +0000

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