• RisingSwell@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My internet is trash so I use a program to regulate what can use internet and at what speeds. Turns out windows updates don’t happen when they can’t access the internet, big success.

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        1 year ago

        It can’t, that’s the point. Blocking data access for programs that like to aggressively and automatically download/upload shit was my entire goal and it required a fairly low amount of effort.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve not seen a way windows can regulate and block individual processes, although I got the program from Windows 10 and never bothered looking in 11.

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          1 year ago

          Windows Firewall is what you are looking for. In Windows firewall you add rules per process and can block them from accessing all networks.

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            1 year ago

            OK that’s not as useful as what I use then, because I typically just limit the speed, and blocking is only there for stuff that I don’t want to even try.

            Interesting thta you can use Windows firewall to stop windows updates though