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I wish I could disable updates. Dumb ass win10 thinks it's ok to download 2 GIGABYTES of data. How is it reasonable to have gigabytes of updates ? For security
by gens 9y ago
I wish I could disable updates. Dumb ass win10 thinks it's ok to download 2 GIGABYTES of data. How is it reasonable to have gigabytes of updates ? For security ? I have gigabytes of binaries here ? And then 15 days later, 1.5GB of updates. (note: my win10 laptop is usually used with mobile internet)
Win10 is a shame.
They could have at least separated security updates from random crap updates. A button would be nice as well.
If anyone knows how to disable updates on non-professional win10, please let me know.
edit: I do know about security and the importance of updates. You few downvoting me can go shove it up your arse. It's crap behavior from win10, period.
- vocatus_gate 9y agoUnlike all these Stockholm-syndrome affected users here, I will tell you. Start --> 'services.msc' --> find "Windows Updates" service --> right-click --> properties --> switch it to Disabled and reboot. Turn it on once a month or whenever YOU want to update. Done.
- gens 9y agoWow i feel stupid. Didn't even think to try the standard things. Thx. Time to msconfig this laptop to "usable" state. edit: Parent comment flagged ? Are we on "Anti-hacker Non-news" ? Anyway; Start-> type "services" (or "msiconfig" for more options, basically the same as winXP) and you can turn off "windows Update" there. Don't forget to turn it on every once in a while, especially if you use public networks. update: There's also a thing called "Background Intelligent Something", that is the thing doing the actual downloads. Seems it continued downloading even without the update service running. Said service looks mildly important, but still it had to die.
- zanny 9y agoMeanwhile, a months worth of Ubuntu LTS updates probably totals around 20MB on average, and 90% of that is kernel deltas.