Windows 10 - day 2

BobF
I bought a Win10 laptop to replace a tablet I've had for a few years.  It's a Win10 Home model, of course.
 
With a 4Mb/.75Mb internet connection, I spent the better part of yesterday with my entire bandwidth consumed by this thing doing Windows updates.  It's HP's turn today.
 
I'm going to reserve final judgment until after the initial updates are done, but Hey-Zeus H Xmas!!  No way to selectively time them, it schedules reboots for itself at will ... and I thought Android with a handful of apps was bad

Take control:
If you use Wi-Fi, set your adapter to "metered connection".  Windows will not download anything unless you tell it to.
 
Or spend the $99 at the Windows store for the Pro upgrade, and control the updates with the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)

BobF
I've already been thinking Pro ... it just seems like ransom to me.  Just like Amazon holding shipments for a week unless you pay their ransom.
 
It's a new world.  Introduce problems and sell solutions.  Protection racket anyone?

I have Win 10 Pro on my desktop because I upgraded from Win 7 Pro.  I use the Bitlocker encryption with the native hardware encryption on my Samsung EVO SSD.  That gets the job done without the delays a software layer volume encryption would cause. 
 
I have Win 10 Home on my laptop, because it came with Home.  I can live without Bitlocker there, plus there are workarounds like the metered Wi-Fi trick.  So I can live without the Pro admin features there and save $99.
 
So unless you need Bitlocker or the Pro admin features, really no need to upgrade ...

BobF

abacab

BobF
I've already been thinking Pro ... it just seems like ransom to me.  Just like Amazon holding shipments for a week unless you pay their ransom.
 
It's a new world.  Introduce problems and sell solutions.  Protection racket anyone?

I have Win 10 Pro on my desktop because I upgraded from Win 7 Pro.  I use the Bitlocker encryption with the native hardware encryption on my Samsung EVO SSD.  That gets the job done without the delays a software layer volume encryption would cause. 
 
I have Win 10 Home on my laptop, because it came with Home.  I can live without Bitlocker there, plus there are workarounds like the metered Wi-Fi trick.  So I can live without the Pro admin features there and save $99.
 
So unless you need Bitlocker or the Pro admin features, really no need to upgrade ...

Where is the "metered" setting located?

Which version of Win10 are you running?  1511 or 1607?
 
Type "winver" in the search box to run the command to get this displayed ...

I have both editions, Win 10 Pro and Home.  True, the Pro allows you to take control of when the updates happen, or to defer them until convenient.  So my original comments were related to the value of paying for the $99 upgrade from Home to Pro.
 
By default, the Home edition will automatically download and install updates during the next restart, at least once a month.  Also, a major Win 10 feature upgrade will likely happen once or twice a year, aka Anniversary Update, etc.  That was known to break a few things when it first rolled out.  So it seems that if you want a stable DAW, it is better to be a late adopter for updates, until the bugs get worked out.  Just leaving updates set to autopilot gives zero control.
 
So say you are in the middle of a project using Home, and Windows downloads updates in the background.  Then if you decide to shutdown for the night, guess what?  Windows is updating your computer!  Might be inconvenient, or in the worst case could break your computer when you really need to get some work done.  Either way the potential is there to interrupt your workflow. 
 
If you set your Wi-Fi adapter as a "metered connection", i.e., tell Windows that you pay your provider by the bit, or have data caps, it will take your word for it regardless of whether you actually are metered.  It will never download any updates until you click and say to download.  If you are mobile and connect to different hotspots, you will need to set this for each connection that you use.
 
So to set your Wi-Fi as a metered connection on Windows 10 version 1511 (Fall 2015 Update) go here:
Start > Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi > Advanced options > Metered connection [on/off].
 
If you're using Win10 1607 (Anniversary Update), click Manage Known Networks. Then click on your current Wi-Fi connection and click Properties. One way or the other, you get to a Metered connection slider. Slide the setting On.
 
TL/DR - Here's a few tutorials:
 
http://www.howtogeek.com/226722/how-when-and-why-to-set-a-connection-as-metered-on-windows-10/
 
http://www.tenforums.com/...-set-windows-10-a.html
 
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3138088/microsoft-windows/woodys-win10tip-block-forced-win10-updates.html
 
 

abacab

BobF

abacab

BobF
I've already been thinking Pro ... it just seems like ransom to me.  Just like Amazon holding shipments for a week unless you pay their ransom.
 
It's a new world.  Introduce problems and sell solutions.  Protection racket anyone?

I have Win 10 Pro on my desktop because I upgraded from Win 7 Pro.  I use the Bitlocker encryption with the native hardware encryption on my Samsung EVO SSD.  That gets the job done without the delays a software layer volume encryption would cause. 
 
I have Win 10 Home on my laptop, because it came with Home.  I can live without Bitlocker there, plus there are workarounds like the metered Wi-Fi trick.  So I can live without the Pro admin features there and save $99.
 
So unless you need Bitlocker or the Pro admin features, really no need to upgrade ...

Where is the "metered" setting located?

Which version of Win10 are you running?  1511 or 1607?
 
Type "winver" in the search box to run the command to get this displayed ...

One of the days it hogged my network was updating to 1607 ... If found the setting.  Thanks for the tip

I have a "hardware" firewall with my router, but I still keep the Windows firewall on.  Does not hurt anything either with Sonar, or Latency Mon.   But, I disable the NIC when I use Sonar, to prevent any potential problem.