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W10 seems to be using some kind of P2P to distribute updates. So your PC might be seeding parts of updates for other W10 users over the internet. If you have a very strict bandwidth cap on your upload you might wanna disable this function. Here's how (from Reddit):

 

http://fat.gfycat.com/AcclaimedWellinformedAlligatorsnappingturtle.webm

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W10 uses seems to be using some kind of P2P to distribute updates. So your PC might be seeding parts of the update for other W10 users over the internet. If you have a very strict bandwidth cap on your upload you might wanna disable this function. Here's how (from Reddit):

 

http://fat.gfycat.com/AcclaimedWellinformedAlligatorsnappingturtle.webm

 

That is really interesting. Also really smart on Microsoft's part.

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That is really interesting. Also really smart on Microsoft's part.

 

Yeah i agree. Its definitely not a bad thing. But the fact that its on by default might be problematic for people with limited internet plans.

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That is really interesting. Also really smart on Microsoft's part.

this has been around since windows 8.

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W10 seems to be using some kind of P2P to distribute updates. So your PC might be seeding parts of updates for other W10 users over the internet. If you have a very strict bandwidth cap on your upload you might wanna disable this function. Here's how (from Reddit):

 

 

If you do have a limited bandwidth cap, isn't it better to keep it on but just to computer over the local network? That way you may not have to download it several times if you have multiple PCs on W10. Which means you are saving bandwidth...

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this has been around since windows 8.

No it hasn't. This was introduced in 10.

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If you do have a limited bandwidth cap, isn't it better to keep it on but just to computer over the local network? That way you may not have to download it several times if you have multiple PCs on W10. Which means you are saving bandwidth...

 

If you have multiple PCs then probably yes. I guess it depends on the situation.

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No it hasn't. This was introduced in 10.

I got confused with local update thingy, my bad.

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