![]() Setting a metered connection won’t impact your web browser, BitTorrent client, or anything else. These options are limited to controlling what Windows does, not restricting with third-party programs can do. Windows 8.1 will access Bing search results on metered connections by default, unless you’re roaming. Under Search and apps > Search, you can tweak whether Bing will retrieve suggestions and web results over metered connections. If you’re using Windows 8.1’s built-in OneDrive cloud storage on the desktop, you can have OneDrive not upload or download files on metered connections. From here, you can disable uploading and downloading files over metered connections. You can control how Windows uses OneDrive and other sync options over metered connections by opening the PC Settings app and navigating to OneDrive > Metered Connections. RELATED: How Windows 8.1 Integrates SkyDrive Everywhere The Windows Store will pause downloading apps - including updates for apps - and live tiles on your Start screen won’t update. Windows Update will only download priority updates, not all updates. Windows will respond to a connection being metered in several ways. Setting a connection as metered won’t stop your BitTorrent client from going full-throttle on it, and it won’t stop Netflix from using the highest-quality, most bandwidth-intensive setting possible. This option just instructs Windows to use special settings for that connection when available. Setting a connection to metered won’t do anything on its own. Be sure to check your mobile data provider’s number and not only rely on the number Windows shows.Ĭonfigure Data Use on Metered Connections Your mobile data provider tracks the data on their end and they may have a different amount. ![]() It isn’t guaranteed to be perfectly accurate, as it’s measured in Windows. Note that this is called “estimated data usage” for a reason. You don’t even have to set a connection as metered to get this option. Windows is always tracking the amount of data you’re using, so if you enable this you’ll be able to immediately see your past data usage.
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