Win10 upgrade is accused of stealing users' home Internet bandwidth

Starting on July 29th, Microsoft began to provide upgrades to the latest Windows 10 systems for genuine Windows users worldwide. Users have also found some problems, such as slow access to Microsoft's official website, downloads and upgrades are not smooth.

After the US technology news website TheNextWeb reported that Microsoft's system upgrade plan has caused a controversy, Microsoft uses P2P technology to send and transfer upgrade files by default, although it speeds up other user upgrades, but for some For Internet users with data traffic and bandwidth limitations, Microsoft's move is equivalent to stealing user bandwidth.

Windows 10 is the first free upgrade to the old system in Microsoft history. Because of free, Windows 7 and Windows 8 users around the world are looking for ways to quickly upgrade to the new system. According to third-party organizations, the Windows 10 upgrade will bring huge data traffic impact to the global Internet, and Microsoft's official website and upgrade background are also exploding.

It may be expected that the upgrade needs are huge. In the Windows 10 upgrade, Microsoft adopted a new method to use the user's home Internet bandwidth to transmit upgrade files to other users, which is called “P2P” technology. .

The official name for this feature is "Windows Update Send Optimization". In the Home and Professional versions of Windows 10, the default settings have been activated. In the Enterprise and Education editions, only users who are in a LAN environment will be started by default.

In other words, for Windows 10 Home and Professional users, after the completion of their own system upgrade, Microsoft will use these Windows 10 computers as "Upgrade File Network Server" to send files to other users who need to upgrade. .

This is good news for other users. They can get system update files up close, no need to wait.

But for some users, Microsoft's move has brought losses of interest.

It is reported that in Windows 10 system, users can choose to turn off this option, but the setup project is overwhelmed in the complicated settings of Windows update, which is difficult for users to find.

A user who upgraded to Windows 10 said that he lives in New Zealand. Internet access providers in the country generally stipulate a monthly maximum of 40 GB for home Internet data, while Microsoft's Windows 10 system is not advanced. Remind the user, using the Internet to transmit data, equivalent to "stealing" data traffic.

For the opinions expressed by users, Microsoft said that during the transmission of the update files, it will not affect any personal data of Windows 10 users, and only the "some" of the updated files will be transmitted.

Obviously, all Windows 10 users who face broadband bandwidth and data traffic restrictions need to check the functionality of this data.

The media comment pointed out that overall, it is a good idea to speed up the transmission of updated files through P2P technology, but Microsoft did not notify users of the bandwidth and data traffic in advance, which is a mistake of Microsoft.

The analyst pointed out that Microsoft's head Nadera hopes that within three years, the world can have one billion computers, tablets or smart phones that can be upgraded to Windows 10, thus building a new Windows10 ecosystem. system. However, in the Windows 10 upgrade service, Microsoft's performance is not perfect.

Today, there are still a large number of genuine Windows users who have indicated that they have not received any prompts for automatic push and upgrade of Windows 10 in the computer.

Genuine Windows users in more than 190 countries and regions around the world will be able to upgrade to the latest system. Microsoft has not given a clear statement and timetable.