Windows 8 and MS Word

OK - now that I see what you asked - I'd done this before. I told it to check for updates, but allow me to choose when to do it.

Now, it shows - automatic, so I changed it again.

SO, now my Q is: Does any of these other "freebie" tiles or items download itself too. Seems like every time I'm working on something, an item pops up and asks me to 'update it' or use it, or something. I've also got "popup blocker' set too. And I've shut off or deleted anything I can find that I' don't use or will never use.

But my Hotspot still runs quicker than ever - I've generally used about 40%-50% of my hotspot per month (ABOUT FIVE YEARS) - my use does not change much. But, the past three months (since Wdw8) I've gone over every month? Any clues?

My GF travels with me, we both use it - she much less than me, and this is a three-year travel together issue. So, it's something in the Wdw8 that creates hotspot use over our normal use.

As of today, according to the use meter - we've used 626.94 MB in eight days. We have 5KB program ... what does that tell anyone? I believe if I multiply 626 x 4 (32 days) I should get 2504 MB which is half of 5 KB limit - so we should be using half or so ... but sometime during each month, something is eating the other half, and kicking us over the limit.

Monkey, try this on your Win 8 machine. Go to Start screen, type update, then click on Settings in the list on the far right. You'll now see all of the links pertaining to updates, the first in the list should be Windows Update.

Even easier, press the Windows key + W, type update.

monkey44 wrote:

tenbear wrote:

monkey44 wrote:

tenbear wrote:
Monkey44, you can change the way Windows handles updates by going to Control Panel -> Windows Updates -> Change Settings.

I go to control panel - there is nothing that says "Windows updates" anywhere on any category on that panel?

Mine is probably set to come up with a different screen than yours.

In the upper right there is "View by: Category". Click on the dropdown arrow and select either option, large or small icons. The last item in the resulting list is "Windows Update".

The view by category has two items: Small icons, large icons ?

This is what Monkey means about getting help - when I do what anyone says, MY LT never does it. It's like this 'gremlin' reads the post right before I do, and hides in my LT and laughs.

Click on either one, small icons or large icons, The result will be the same list, only the size of the icons will be different. The last item in the list is Windows Update.

tenbear wrote:

monkey44 wrote:

tenbear wrote:
Monkey44, you can change the way Windows handles updates by going to Control Panel -> Windows Updates -> Change Settings.

I go to control panel - there is nothing that says "Windows updates" anywhere on any category on that panel?

Mine is probably set to come up with a different screen than yours.

In the upper right there is "View by: Category". Click on the dropdown arrow and select either option, large or small icons. The last item in the resulting list is "Windows Update".

The view by category has two items: Small icons, large icons ?

This is what Monkey means about getting help - when I do what anyone says, MY LT never does it. It's like this 'gremlin' reads the post right before I do, and hides in my LT and laughs.

monkey44 wrote:

tenbear wrote:
Monkey44, you can change the way Windows handles updates by going to Control Panel -> Windows Updates -> Change Settings.

I go to control panel - there is nothing that says "Windows updates" anywhere on any category on that panel?

Mine is probably set to come up with a different screen than yours.

In the upper right there is "View by: Category". Click on the dropdown arrow and select either option, large or small icons. The last item in the resulting list is "Windows Update".

tenbear wrote:
Monkey44, you can change the way Windows handles updates by going to Control Panel -> Windows Updates -> Change Settings.

I go to control panel - there is nothing that says "Windows updates" anywhere on any category on that panel?

Thanks - will go to the updates and check it .. see what I might have missed.

Also, I know you all have been extremely helpful with tech issues - and we've been beating the Wdw8 issue to death ... but no matter how I try, this one simply turns me off ... it may be me, it may be the interaction, I don't know.

But, I do know that even if I 'play the shell game' somewhere underneath all the visual is the Wdw8 working - and that's what continues to upset my documents, and for some reason, again, it has 'stolen my bandwidth' and re-formatted another document ... it might be a simple fix, but something else will inevitably come up again.

I like '7', I won't upgrade again until there is no options - but at this time, this OS is not gonna be on my PC.

Am traveling, soon as I get to a place where I can get good web service, I will install this new '7' and see what happens.

Monkey44, you can change the way Windows handles updates by going to Control Panel -> Windows Updates -> Change Settings.

Don't mean to beat this to death, but the 20 minutes (or a roadtrip) really is not necessary if you install the Classic Shell program. Now, you have a Win7 interface when you just want to get on with your daily chores and you can switch to Win8 when you want to learn more about how and why it works. It took me about 6 months to finally move away from Shell and I now use the Win8 interface exclusively.

strollin wrote:
If I recall correctly, Monkey, you haven't actually installed Win 7 on your Win 8 laptop yet. It will be interesting to hear back from you as to how that process goes. Hope it goes smooth and solves the problems you are encountering.

I sincerely wish I could have sat down with you and your new laptop for 20 minutes or so, I'm sure we could have gotten past the majority of your Win 8 issues.

Roadtrip!