You can join the discussion on Windows 10 using your Internet connection to seed updates on the OC3D Forums. This change should help your PC maintain a steadier connection to the internet, which will be helpful while gaming online, steaming to or from Twitch or YouTube and generally speed up your internet connection. Now that you have turned off Microsoft's update seeding option you should now be able to use the full strength of your internet connection and Microsoft will no longer be using your bandwidth for update seeding. If it says off beside it it is now turned off, pretty simple really.
To turn it off simply click on the option inside the red box in the picture below. We recommend that you turn off this option entirely to prevent any unnecessary use of your bandwidth on your Windows 10 based systems. Within this menu you can allow Microsoft to either distribute updates only to PCs on your local network, to all Windows 10 PCs on the Internet or to completely turn off this functionality entirely. Inside the advanced options menu you will then need to choose how updates are applied, here you finally be able to disable the seeding of Windows updates. Inside the Update and Security menu you need to look into the advanced options, where you will then be able to change Windows 10's automatic update settings. From here users will be able to enter into Windows 10's Update and Security menu, where you will be able to change your system's update settings. Here is how to do it.įirst users will need to enter the Windows 10 start menu and enter into Windows 10's settings menu. Thankfully this option can be disabled, allowing users to prevent others from connecting to your Windows 10 PC and preventing Microsoft from using your limited bandwidth. This functionality does come with it's own drawbacks as it means that your OS will be automatically using your internet connection to do this, potentially making your internet seem slower.Īs others may have thought already this option also allows other computers to connect to your Windows 10 based PC without your knowledge to download updates, which may be a concerning to many of you. Windows 10 has the ability to use your own internet connection in order to seed it's own updates, which allows Windows 10 users to download their updates much faster than was possible with previous operating systems.
How to prevent Windows 10 from using your Bandwidth
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