XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Carlos E. R.  wrote:   
   > On 2025-02-13 17:31, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > > Daniel70  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.   
   >   
   > Better to define the connection as metered. Windows will then not do   
   > automatic updates.   
      
     Yes, I know. I was just describing where Daniel wants to use Windows   
   Update over his mobile phone connection, but just not now.   
      
     BTW, you can only set a connection as metered if that connection is   
   currently visible to your computer. I.e. the mobile/Wi-Fi hotspot on the   
   phone must be switched on and the computer must be connected to that   
   hotspot, only then you can see/change the 'Metered connection' setting   
   in the properties of that connection. That's different than on Android,   
   where you have a 'Manage networks' facility to manage known, but   
   unconnected, networks.   
      
     You can get around this Windows limitation by turning off 'Mobile   
   data' on the phone and then connecting to the mobile/Wi-Fi hotspot. I.e.   
   you're connected to the hotspot, so you can change its 'Metered   
   connection' setting on the Windows side, but since 'Mobile data' is off,   
   you won't be wasting any mobile data for this change is setting.   
      
     Been there, done that, got the T-shirt! :-)   
      
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