Data consumes fast - since yesterday my data (1.5GB) Jio Dongle got over within 2 to 3 hours (previously, it won't consume even half of the data after using the system for full day). It seems some app in my new laptop eating lot of data in the background. How to find out/restrict it?
This is the reason I hate Windows 10. M$ wants to keep windows uptodate but most of us have limited internet plans (per day data) and windows suddenly uses all the data without user confirmation, leaving us none. It has got lot of telemetry services downloading/uploading frequently in background, especially in a freshly installed OS. Windows updates are being downloaded every month or so, to fix an unknown problem but breaking several.
Anyway, these are the things I have done to stop most of the telemetry services but one or two will revert (enabled) eventually and will be accessing internet in the background. Delivery optimization is one of them and we can only force close it (doesn't work sometimes) or wait for it.
1. Turn off delivery optimization in Settings -> Update & Security -> Delivery Optimization -> Turn off "Allow downloads from other PCs"
2. Enable metered connection -> Settings -> Network & Internet -> Wifi -> Click on connected wifi name -> enable "Set as metered connection".
(This will stop downloading Windows updates but the setting is specific to wifi connection. If you connect to a different wifi AP then you'll have to enable metered connection for that connection)
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O&O ShutUp10, with this tool you can disable telemetry services, windows updates and many things. It has huge list so go one by one and choose wisely. If you don't get it then disable as suggested in recommended row.
4. Install Antivirus with internet security (I'd highly recommend Comodo; get latest version from their forum) and block exe's (Those that you aren't using) from accessing internet. If you want windows update to work then don't block related files.
yes, not a bad idea, however the finger automatically goes to last button thinking that's the delete button (long used practise from previous laptop (hope things will change in a few days)
You can disable the button so it doesn't turn off when you press it. Turning ON laptop will still work though. Check
this article. He is having same problem as you.