maby
Well-known member
I was getting ready to upgrade - till I noticed the bit about mandatory automatic updates and thought through the implications. I use my laptop from the boat frequently - both for navigation and for work. My network connectivity comes through a 3g MiFi device which is on contract through Three. All these 3g contracts have some level of download cap applied - I get 10Gb per month, but many are less. A Windows update can easily be multiple gigabytes - and we can expect that the first few months of Windows 10 will result in some pretty big updates - I can't allow my laptop to make an arbitrary decision to download large files without reference to me - it could easily use up all my remaining download allowance and leave me unable to work.
During the Windows 10 beta testing phase, there were ways of disabling the automatic updates via registry hacks, but these apparently do not work with the production release - I'll be delaying updating my laptops until new patches are created, or Microsoft see sense and allow us to select when to apply updates.
During the Windows 10 beta testing phase, there were ways of disabling the automatic updates via registry hacks, but these apparently do not work with the production release - I'll be delaying updating my laptops until new patches are created, or Microsoft see sense and allow us to select when to apply updates.