how can you stop automatic downloads when you get online.i did a systems check on my laptop and it said in the temporary files i had over 800,000 mbs downloaded while i was online last night.does anyone know how to stop this??????
2007-05-07 07:17:27 · 3 answers · asked by dls4480 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You will have to disable the automatic updating feature of every software that you have got. In most of the software, like your anti-virus, anti-spyware, image editor etc., you can find the option in their Settings / Options / Preferences. Just disable the automatic updating and manually check and download updates once in a while.
2007-05-07 07:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This could also be a symptom of your own web browsing. When you donwload something it saves the downloading file to a temp folder and then moves it to where you told it to after it is finished, if you've lost a lot of downloads half-way through that could be one cause.
Also it could be a just web files. Over time your computer saves more and more temp files as you webrowse (JAVA applets, embeded video files, embeded music, anything that comes from a website and requires a seperate load time than the page is usally downloaded to a temp.) Start Internet Explorer an go to Internet Options in the tools menu. Click Delete Files and it will clear up the worst of it for you, then you can look in the temp folder and see what is left.
2007-05-07 07:34:36 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start>comtrol panel>safeguard>verify for updates>difference settings. Why might you desire to give up the Windows updates? Some of those are central like safeguard patches, and so on. You can difference it to warn you whilst there's an replace after which you'll make a decision for your self.
2016-09-05 11:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by axelrod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋