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How to set an
Ethernet
connection as
metered on
Windows 10
BY MAURO HUCULAK
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 5:08 pm EDT
35 Comments
If you access the Internet
using an Ethernet
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connection, and you have
a limited data plan, use
this guide to set your
connection as metered on
Windows 10.
Windows 10 is an operating
system designed to take full
advantage of an internet
connection without any
restrictions on how much
bandwidth it uses to perform
tasks, such as download drivers
and updates, sync settings,
connect with cloud services, let
you get access to the World Wide
Web, and everything else.
How to set an
Ethernet metered
connection on
Windows 10
Important: Before you make any
changes, make sure to
understand that you'll be
modifying the Windows registry,
which could be a dangerous game
path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\DefaultMediaCost
3. Right-click the
DefaultMediaCost key
and select
Permissions.
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5. Next to
TrustedInstaller, click
the Change link.
6. Type Administrators,
7. Click OK.
8. On the Advanced
Security Settings for
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DefaultMediaCost,
check the "Replace
owner on
subcontainers and
objects".
9. Click Apply.
DefaultMediaCost,
select the
Administrators group,
and then make sure to
check the allow Full
Control box.
12. Click Apply.
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13. Click OK.
14. On the
DefaultMediaCost key,
you'll nd different
entries, including for
3G, 4G, Default,
Ethernet, and WiFi with
their default data
values: 1 or 2. The data
value 1 means that the
connection type is non-
metered, and the data
value of 2 means that
the connection type is
metered. Double-click
the Ethernet DWORD
(32-bit) Value key, and
change the value to 2.
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Wilson Shrestha
Thank you
Danie
EVEN IF my connection was
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Sagar Limaye
I am on the hotspot as it has only a ASKDAN!
few gb per month. I would really
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like to be able to ag that particular
connection as metered.
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henocksandy
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henocksandy
not upgrade to W10 only ASKDAN!
for this reason. I totally
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agreed with them when
4GB internet was used
only for November
update. MS knows that
there are 100s of cities
without internet and they
are helping internet to
reach them, but that
does not mean they are
giving it for free.
And i am talking about
ETHERNET! You should
know anything is not
free!
How hard is it to give a
"Manual" option? These
updates dont even care
what i am doing, it just
starts downloading
automatically and slows
my internet speed from
browsing internet!
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10 months ago REPLY
Lawrence Crecy
be able to comprehend
anything we tell you.
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10 months ago REPLY
WindowsPhoneUser0
01
Yeah Windows
takes up too much
data.
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10 months ago
kaoh_v
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10 months ago
balindosdos
Sorry I feel
updates
ruin my
computer
more than
help it.
Why worry
about it
being
secure
when there
are golden
keys.
Performan
ce wise
windows 8
with
updates off
worked
faster and
better. I
just shut off
the
Windows
Update
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service.
Turn it on
when I feel
like
updating or
getting
something
from the
Windows
Store.
Work
computer I
can
understand
but not my
home
computer.
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6
months
ago
ad47uk
Some of those I sure
uses ethernet, in fact one ASKDAN!
lot i know that have
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limited broadband do
use Ethernet as i set up
the connection myself.
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10 months ago REPLY
WinOMG
I understand your
perspective because I
used to think like that (as
they always offered
unlimited internet
around here), but one
day something
happened to me. My
wireless router broke.
And nothing else
worked.And I had
important stuff to do.
And I had to wait 2 days
for repair and everything.
Apparently it was so bad
they had to rewire
everything. I had to use
the mobile hotspot on
my phone. I only had a
few gigs available. So I
needed data savings.
This was back with
Windows 7, but this data-
saving feature is very
helpful to some people
now.
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kaoh_v
In windows 10
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10 months ago
rhapdog
hotspot
and gives
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access to it
to the
router on
the router's
WAN port.
Gives
wireless
and wired
access
throughout
the house
from a
mobile
hotspot. It
also allows
me to
access the
NAS for
additional
les I may
need, and
my wife
and I can
access each
other's
computers.
I had to
quit doing
that for the
sole reason
that
Windows
10 was
KILLING my
15GB data
plan within
a few days.
This would
have saved
me a lot.
Looks like
I'll be able
to go back
to using
that now.
It's such a
pain having ASKDAN!
to
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disconnect
from the
internet,
connect
directly to
the printer
(wireless),
then print,
then
reconnect
to the
internet.
Real pain.
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10
months
ago
Jeff Bramwell
As an example, I helped
him install Windows 10
on one of his "extra"
computers from the
most recent (at the time)
ISO that I had pulled
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Ashhar Hasan
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9 months ago
Jake Hansen1
No need to be
unpleasent just because
someone is not as
privileged as you.
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7 months ago REPLY
dongorongoro
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6 months ago REPLY