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Peer to Peer Downloads for Updates in W10

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by retiredlearner, 2015/08/06.

  1. 2015/08/06
    retiredlearner

    retiredlearner SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member Thread Starter

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    This interesting reading:
    Neil.
     
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  2. 2015/08/06
    rsinfo

    rsinfo SuperGeek Alumni

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    If you have many PCs which need to be updated on LAN then its a very good thing. But disable Internet downloads unless you are on unlimited plan.
     
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  4. 2015/08/07
    Bill

    Bill SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Yeah, we talked about this here. On a closed network watched by an IT expert this is fine. But I am not happy that by default it is set to use PCs on the Internet too.

    I recommend disabling the Internet option and set it on Local network only. I bet badguys are studying this right now, looking for vulnerabilities to exploit and send their malware this way in fake updates.
     
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