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| From | Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? |
| Date | 2025-02-15 20:13 +1100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <voplsn$3v94n$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (11 earlier) <vokgbn$2rrg5$1@dont-email.me> <vola8q.lfc.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <von88e$3ef4d$3@dont-email.me> <von9u0$3er95$1@dont-email.me> <vont5t.d0.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 15/02/2025 3:06 am, Frank Slootweg wrote: > Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote: >> On 14/02/2025 10:09 pm, Daniel70 wrote: >>> On 14/02/2025 3:31 am, Frank Slootweg wrote: > [...] >>>> BTW, with regard to your data-limit problems: You can easily delay >>>> updates for upto 4 weeks: >>>> >>>> Disconnect from the network (so Windows Update can't check for >>>> updates). Settings -> Windows Update -> Pause updates -> Extend for >>>> X weeks. And connect again to the network. Windows Update has a '[Resume >>>> updates]' button to resume at any time, but be warned, when you click >>>> that button, it'll do a check for updates right away. >>>> >>> Thanks for that, Frank, again. ;-P >> >> O.K., I found the Settings -> Windows Updates, and, on the 'Pause >> update' tab, it's saying "You've reached the maximum amount of pause >> time. To help keep your device secure, get the latest updates - then >> you'll be able to pause again" .... and the 'Pause for 1 week" button is >> Greyed out. ..... and, at the top of that screen, it states "Updates >> paused until 10/03/2025" .... so I guess I'll just have to wait!! > > Was 'Pause updates' giving that message *before you (tried to?) chance > the setting? If so, something/somebody must have set it, because > normally there is no message and the button says 'Pause for 1 week \/', > where '\/' is the down arrow which opens the other choices. > > BUT, Windows Update probably checks when the last update was done, > because I said you could delay updates for 4 weeks, while I was sure > that one could set it to 5 weeks. And lo and behold, today, *after* > yesterday's 'Check for updates', it's indeed back to upto 5 weeks. > > Anyway, you can get out of the dead-lock by disconnecting from the > network, clicking 'Check for updates' (which of course will give an > error because there is no network) and reconnecting to the network. Then > the 'Pause for 1 week \/' button is no longer greyed out. Of course now > the system is back to normal and will regularly check for updates and > hence 'eat' data. > I disconnected from any/all connections and checked Settings -> Windows updates ... and it was telling me the "You've reached the maximum amount of pause time. To help keep your device secure, get the latest updates - then you'll be able to pause again" .... and the 'Pause for 1 week" button is Greyed out." message as before. Let's call it quits for now and I'll have another fiddle later!! -- Daniel70
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