#How to turn off updates on windows 8 install#

Terry Myerson, executive vice president of MicrosoftвЂ™s Windows and Devices group, said: вЂњIf you are on a metered connection on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, then you have the option of turning off automatic updates.

Most Windows updates are relatively small, but the complete download of Windows 10 will take up between 3.5GB and 6GB of storage space on user hard drives and could be particularly troublesome for users with limited internet download allowance or metered connections. Users will also be able to manually block the update from downloading, but will have to actively do so within Windows Update, and soon. Users will then have 31 days to roll back their version of Windows. But the propensity of users to simply hit вЂњOKвЂќ or accept when faced with a prompt in the middle of doing something else, will likely see users just blindly hit OK and unknowingly installing Windows 10, preventing access to the computer while the instalment completes.

#How to turn off updates on windows 8 install#

Once downloaded it can also automatically start the install process, presenting users with the option to proceed to stop the installation. The company changed the designation of the Windows 10 download from вЂњoptionalвЂќ to вЂњrecommendedвЂќ within Windows Update, which means anyone with Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 that has automatic updates activated вЂ“ the default and the best way to keep a computer protected against security bugs вЂ“ with recommended updates automatically selected will have Windows 10 downloaded without asking. Microsoft has followed through with its plans to push adoption of Windows 10 by downloading it in the background to user machines running Windows 7 and 8 set to accept automatic updates.