Thursday, 9 February 2017

Stop Windows 10 automatic updates



For all of us who have been using Windows 10 home edition for a while might know the pain of Automatic updates running in the background every now and then.  This affects our browsing experience  as well as increasing the data usage of the network. 



So here is a quick and neat trick to stop automatic updates on Windows 10 . However this trick only works with WLAN networks and not for networks connected over Ethernet. So if you connect your laptop running Windows 10 via Wi-Fi this might be the solution for you.



  • Go into the network settings
  • Click on 'Manage Known Networks' and find your network. Click on the network to reveal properties.
  • Scroll down to find a switch for 'Metered Connection' and switch it ON.
  • And you're done.


You can use this trick for multiple networks from preventing automatic windows updates . This can be easily reversed if you want the automatic updates option back.  You can also check for updates manually and install them on the metered connection.

So you use this trick to save the precious data that you would rather use for downloading movies and TV Series. :P


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