Windows 8 & 10 is made for those who mostly work on
Wi-Fi or use time limited data packs, especially 3G. But those who use space limited data packs (e.g. 2gb @ x
money), it becomes difficult for them to work on Windows 8 peacefully because
Windows 8 uses a big part of it in background and also in foreground and very
little is left for us to use. It becomes a total wastage of money to surf
internet on Windows 8 & 10. Those who use 2G
net, their data speed slow down because of the background activities of
Windows 8.
So, to cope
up with these problems, today I am going to tell you some steps by which you
can minimise or even stop unnecessary gprs or packet data usage in Windows 8.
Step 1
You’ll find live tiles in the start menu for the
apps such as news, sports, maps etc. which use internet each and every time you
connect to internet. So, go to start >>right click on the live
tile>>click Turn live tile off.
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| Turning live tile off |
Step 2
Windows 8 updates
more than any other version of windows. It starts downloading updates whenever
you connect to the internet. Windows 8 & 10 generally doesn’t need any driver to run
any program. So, you have to change the Windows
Update settings to reduce the data usage. Go to Control Panel and change the Windows Update settings to ‘Check
for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them’. You
can later on download the updates at once.
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| Windows Update Settings |
Step 3
There are
many background processes which uses a lot of packet data (e.g. background
software update or download). So, you have to turn off all those background
processes. For that, open Task Manager
>> Click More details >>
Click Services tab >> Click Open Services in the bottom (Services window will open) >> in
the new window right click Background
Intelligent Transfer and Stop it
>>then select Properties
>> select Startup type: Disabled >> Click OK.
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| Task Manager-Services |
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| Services- Background Intelligent Transfer |
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| Background Intelligent Transfer- Properties |
Now its all set. Enjoy Surfing!