Turn On or Off Metered Internet Connections for Devices in Windows 8
This tutorial will help you to turn on or Off Metered Internet Connections for Devices in Windows 8.
Metered and unlimited internet connections
Most of the 3G or 4G mobile broadband connections have usage limits. Windows 8 has its own usage counter to keep record of how much data the user has used through over the current billing cycle. In Windows 8 some applications also treat metered connections differently from non-metered or unlimited connection to reduce data usage such as fetching low-resolution preview images instead of high-resolution images, allowing a low-definition instead of high-definition video stream, or a header-only instead of full-sync of email.
Not only that, while connected to a metered connection Windows Update defers the background download of all updates unless it is a critical security update, until you connect to a non-metered network.
If Metered Internet Connections option is set to off, then device software will not be downloaded when your PC is connected to a metered connection.
Steps to Turn On or Off Metered Internet Connections for Devices in Windows 8
1. Open the Charms Bar by pressing (Windows + C) keys, and click on the Settings option. Or you can press (Windows + I) keys to open Settings charms bar directly.
2. Now, click on More Settings option.
3. Metro Control Panel Window will appear. Select Devices option in the left pane.
4. In the right pane you will see Metered Internet connections option, move the slider right or left to turn it on or off.
That’s it. Thus by turning the slider to off you can save your internet usage while connected to a metered wireless network. If you wish to download device software while connected to a metered wireless connection you just need to turn on the slider.
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I can no longer get the charms and other settings to work when I click on some of the options. Where you say to go to more PC settings, I don’t have that statement there anymore and my screen simple goes back to the website I was on and/or the desktop.
So how can I get ALL of my charms and other settings I used to have. I still have some but I had some tech people work on my computer remotely, and it seems like ever since then my charms/settings started missing a lot of things or won’t perform like they used to. I either have a pure lemon of a PC and it’s new, or something has happened that changed a lot of my settings.
Warmly,
Corinne Larimore
P.S. My updates wouldn’t work and after months of tech calls, I finally got them fixed, but they’re not working 100% right either. I really feel all of this has something to do with my computer somehow with metered connections turned on, but I can’t get to where you say to go to shut them off.
Warmly,
Corinne
P.S. I am beyond desperate as with the Windows Updates not working right, a lot of other things aren’t working right either or vice versa.