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So I get to the range to do some shooting the other day, just getting my gear out and set up when I get a text alert that I'm 1 GB over my monthly allotment. I knew I was getting close, when I left home I had about .9 GB left of my ten GB monthly allotment. WTH??? So I do a little shooting, another text alert. I've blown through another 1 GB in less than forty five minutes. Something ain't right. So I call my wife, sure enough she's on the PC at home and using my hot spot checking on a couple of accounts while on the 'net. But 2+ GBs in that short time??? Fast forward to tonight, I get on the 'net and do a search on Windows10 downloads. Guess what? Whether you've reserved a copy of 10 or not MS has been trickling the Windows10 OS to your computer storing it in a hidden folder. The download is a total of 6 GB per computer which is the reason for the trickle feed. Once the download is complete you'll get a message to upgrade to 10. Not a big deal if you're running on wifi with unlimited data. I use a hot spot which has a shared monthly allowance of 10 GB for my laptop and desktop PC. This month I've gone over my max by 6 GB, expect to do the same next month. That's $15 per GB, Windows 10 is gonna cost me $180 in the long run... 
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Where do they keep this 6GB?
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I am sorry this is going to cost you almost $200, however, how could you not know that downloading and Operating System would be something requiring huge amounts of data? There were plenty of chances for you to back out, or not click on the yes button.
Again I am sorry this is going to cost you the money, but ultimately you agreed to it....how is this the fault of microsoft?
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Where do they keep this 6GB? Hidden folder in your system files, $Windows.bt
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I am sorry this is going to cost you almost $200, however, how could you not know that downloading and Operating System would be something requiring huge amounts of data? There were plenty of chances for you to back out, or not click on the yes button.
Again I am sorry this is going to cost you the money, but ultimately you agreed to it....how is this the fault of microsoft? You aren't given the option to prevent the download or to opt out.
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I am sorry this is going to cost you almost $200, however, how could you not know that downloading and Operating System would be something requiring huge amounts of data? There were plenty of chances for you to back out, or not click on the yes button.
Again I am sorry this is going to cost you the money, but ultimately you agreed to it....how is this the fault of microsoft? he didnt agree to anything, it downloaded on its own in the background from what i read
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I am sorry this is going to cost you almost $200, however, how could you not know that downloading and Operating System would be something requiring huge amounts of data? There were plenty of chances for you to back out, or not click on the yes button.
Again I am sorry this is going to cost you the money, but ultimately you agreed to it....how is this the fault of microsoft? he didnt agree to anything, it downloaded on its own in the background from what i read Yup...
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I am sorry this is going to cost you almost $200, however, how could you not know that downloading and Operating System would be something requiring huge amounts of data? There were plenty of chances for you to back out, or not click on the yes button.
Again I am sorry this is going to cost you the money, but ultimately you agreed to it....how is this the fault of microsoft? he didnt agree to anything, it downloaded on its own in the background from what i read Yup... Sorry for the misunderstanding...I had to click yes to agree to it, and it has yet to download.
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I think that if you look for the folder it's already downloaded. Mine appears to be complete on my desktop, I didn't click on the setup.exe file to initiate the upgrade.
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I have 8.[bleep] so whatever it is will be an upgrade.
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Where do they keep this 6GB? Hidden folder in your system files, $Windows.bt I did a quick files search and that file does not show up.. Any other way to see if it's here? About every 2-3 days I get a popup that wants me to get W-10.. I refuse to accept the offer. Nope - I'll stick to W-7..
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Lee go to "Computer" select "OS" under "Hard Disk Drives". Make sure you have "show hidden files" enabled, it will be the top folder labeled "Windows.~bt". Right click on "Properties" and you'll be able to see the file size. I just checked my laptop, it shows an RCH over 4 GB. Still has a couple more GBs to download.
I'll eventually upgrade to 10, I'd prefer to do it when I'm ready and it's been thoughtly debugged.
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Where to find 'show hidden files'? I've tried all the above and see nada..
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Never mind - found it (finally).. Now just have to change over to 'administrator'...
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I did (inadvertently) agree to download Windows 10 and it did. Initially, I had issues with non-comparability with Firefox and Verizon.net, but these were sorted out in about an (agonizing) week.
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Wow...I mean that sucks it will cost you for something you were not aware of. However, what service do you have that is only 10GB a month and $15 per GB after. That is some of the worst I have heard, and i am in IT in a rural area. Satellite internet is better than that. I would look for a new service if I were you.
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That is very poor judgment on MS' part.
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To be fair, MS does tell you that it will download the files in background until you are ready to upgrade.
And in AJ's instance, it isn't MS that's charging him for the downloads, it's his internet provider. So I don't think we can assign "blame" for this; it's just an unfortunate combination of events that were carried out exactly as advertised - but which added up to a hefty surcharge.
There are several woulda coulda shouldas we can offer, but none of them will help at this point.
AJ, if I were you, I'd contact your internet provider and see if you can work out a discount or something because it wasn't you who deliberately used all that bandwidth.
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