XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Daniel70  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.   
      
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