Re: Win 10 update

From	felix <me@nothere.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Win 10 update
Date	2016-09-29 17:31 +1000
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On 29-September-2016 6:51 AM, Max wrote:
>
> "Jeßus" <j@j.net> wrote in message 
> news:7t3eub9gtl6rpbs4d8ji4ab0oa2bcfu6m0@j.net...
>> On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:13:52 +1000, "Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote:
>>
>>> "Jeßus" <j@j.net> wrote in message
>>> news:e3rdubl1nr6lsvs3an4j7f5m4gsbvij8el@j.net...
>>>> On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 20:05:18 +1000, "Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just got the update for Win 10.  It used up 5GB of my allowance in 
>>>>> one
>>>>> day.
>>>>> Now I am being shaped.
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the point of the update?  I haven't noticed anything apart 
>>>>> from a
>>>>> few cosmetic changes.
>>>>
>>>> Why did you allow the update to happen automatically to begin with,
>>>> especially if you have a limited quota?
>>>
>>> The update has to happen at some time so I don't have any choice but 
>>> to just
>>> take it on the chin.
>>
>> Has to happen? Maybe, maybe not. Generally speaking, I don't do
>> updates unless I have an actual issue that the update will fix, or
>> there's a serious security issue... and by that I mean a *real*
>> security issue and not just when M.S says there is.
>>
>> Same with software in general. I don't update them just because
>> there's a newer version.
>>
>> Regardless, why not schedule or do updates during off-peak times?
>
> I don't have peak times - I am on mobile broadband.  I have had to add 
> $30 of extra data for this month to get me by.  So I have effectively 
> paid $30 for the Windows update.  Great.

Read this Max. M$ may have been using your internet connection..

< 
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2955491/windows/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-using-your-pcs-bandwidth-to-update-strangers-systems.html 
 >


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