XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 15/02/2025 3:06 am, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   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!!   
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   Daniel70   
      
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