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Block forced Windows 10 patches by using a metered connection

Posted on August 12, 2015 at 08:19 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

The trick is working – at least for now.

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By the way… if any of you participated in the experiment I mentioned a couple of posts ago, and turned on Metered Connection, did it block the patch for you, too? Hit me in the comments.

Windows Patches/Security metered connections, Windows 10 forced patches

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