Jan 31 2026
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Windows 10 Is Stealing Your Bandwidth ‘By Default’

By Sodwana Bay

Windows 10 is Stealing your Internet Bandwidth! How to Disable Windows Update Delivery Optimization (WUDO)? After installing Windows 10, Feeling like your Internet Bandwidth is dropping away? Windows 10 is stealing your network bandwidth. Along with the privacy features related to Wi-Fi Sense, Windows 10 users should check for another hidden by default feature that uses your network bandwidth to share updates with other Windows 10 users across the Internet. Microsoft launched Windows 10 on July 29 and offered a free upgrade to Windows 7,8 and 8.1 users, and for anyone who wants to download it. But, handling millions of simultaneous 3.5GB downloads is quite difficult for the company. So, in order to cope up with the issue, Microsoft has baked a new feature into its latest desktop operating system that uses the torrent-style approach to obtain software updates, allowing Windows 10 users to download updates from other users. Windows 10 is Stealing your Internet Bandwidth… The feature, known as Windows Update Delivery Optimization (WUDO), is initially designed to help users get faster software updates, which is quite a good idea to handle massive internet traffic of up to 40 Terabits per second (TBps). WUDO works a lot like torrents work. Your computer running Windows 10 is used as part of a peer-to-peer network to deliver software updates faster to others, each person distributing a little bit of the files across multiple computers and helping everyone download updates quickly.But, this peer-to-peer sharing method offered by Windows 10 is using your precious Internet bandwidth, without hinting you about it, because the feature is enabled by default in Windows 10 Home and Pro edition. WUDO is also enabled in Windows 10 Enterprise and Education, but only for the local network. How to Disable Windows Update Delivery Optimization (WUDO)? You can disable the feature, but the option is buried deep in the Settings menu for Windows Update. To turn this feature OFF, follow these given steps: Go to Settings in the Start menu Search for Update & Security Under Windows Update, open Advanced Options Under Choose How Updates are Installed, select Choose how updates are delivered Disable the toggle under Updated from More than One Place The feature is a good idea to speed up software updates, but enabling it by default without the knowledge of users is probably not at all a great idea.In a statement, a Microsoft said that the feature “helps people get updates and apps more quickly if they have a limited or unreliable internet connection” and that it “doesn’t slow down your internet connection” because it uses a “limited portion” of idle upload bandwidth. Source: Sadly, Windows 10 Is Stealing Your Bandwidth ‘By Default’ — Disable It Immediately Originally posted 2015-08-06 15:41:49.

Jan 30 2026
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Do you need help with advertising?

By Sodwana Bay

Dot Link Dot LINK it & PromoteIT!!! We now offer you our dot LINK service as part of PromoteIT plan. We will manage your monthly advertising campaign for you. Your Business will also be added to our expanding dot LINK Network… Call us for details (012) 321-0344 We Promote Business – Powered UP by DreamIT Hosting & Design Originally posted 2015-08-04 18:54:09.

Jan 29 2026
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Dot Link by Dreamit Website

By Sodwana Bay

Dot LINK by Dreamit Website South Africa’s best way of creating useful content on the web about you & your product. We offer you our dot Link service absolutely FREE of charge… dot Link it and PromoteIT! Submit your Business or create a Property Listing – It’s 100% FREE!!! SA dot LINK – SUBMIT NOW? BlyPlek dot LINK – SUBMIT NOW? Both of these INFORMATION Listings are part of Dreamit’s dot Link  Network services available to the South African Public. Call us now for more info…? We Promote Business – Powered UP by DreamIT Hosting & Design Originally posted 2015-08-04 18:38:22.

Jan 28 2026
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Live for Christ

By Sodwana Bay

LIVE FOR CHRIST “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20) Paul’s life is an example to me; in this verse it shouts to me. “…it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me!” This statement is the essence of the “re-birth” our Lord spoke about to Nicodemus. A total “re-birth” – complete living for Christ and crucifixion of our lives – is not living for self, but living thoroughly and wholeheartedly for Him. Paul embraced Christ completely. I have to ask myself, Do I? Do you? Ask the Lord to help you live completely, utterly for Him today, tomorrow and forever. In your own strength and good intentions, you cannot. Our sinful hearts are always leaning towards evil. But leaning on Him, you can. Have faith in the Son of God who loves you and gave Himself for you. Embrace Him; He will embrace you and give you an abundant life in Him. It will be a life not exempt from the sorrows of this world, but one rich in Jesus as you face those trials. Paul was reborn, and you are, too. Our once self-centered lives are transformed into lives that reflect Jesus Christ. Source: Anchor Devotional – Live for Christ Originally posted 2015-08-04 08:25:52.

Jan 27 2026
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We Work for God

By Sodwana Bay

WE WORK FOR GOD “For we are God’s fellow workers…” (1 Corinthians 3:9) Making disciples is hard work. But we do not go it alone. Paul tells us we are co-laborers with Christ. To be an effective fellow worker with God, keep your focus on Him. Keep praying, keep reading, and mainly keep worshiping Him. Praise Him and bless Him for letting you be a part of His work. While we Christians may be Christ’s hands and feet on this earth, Christ’s Spirit is what moves us and carries us along. The Spirit of Christ has been breathed into you for His work. When you lose your focus on God, then you have become immediately ineffective for Christ. You may be able to do some “good” work for God for awhile in your own spirit, but in time you will burn out. Make all your efforts for His glory! The moment your pride is puffed up, be on guard, for now you are looking for personal glory. Only God knows how He will engineer your life and your work for Him. But whatever He calls you to do, pour out your life for Him in total devotion and love. After all, think how much more so He poured out His life for you!   About the writer:We welcome back Bill Evans, a seminary graduate and accountant working as a church Director of Finance in Southern California. Bill enjoys writing (he composes a daily “Word of Encouragement” for friends and family members), reading and teaching the Bible and participating in missions trips. A Tennessee native with trademark warm hospitality, he and his wife also enjoy spending time with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who live nearby. Source: Anchor Devotional – We Work for God Originally posted 2015-08-01 16:06:20.

Jan 26 2026
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Emoyeni Lodge (Drone Airial view)

By Sodwana Bay

An aerial view of Emoyeni Lodge @ Sodwana Bay. The perfect Dive Retreat! DIRECTIONS TO EMOYENI: From Johannesburg/Pretoria take the N4 Witbank highway After the Middelburg toll plaza take the Hendrina/Ermelo turnoff Proceed through Hendrina, Ermelo, Piet Retief and Pongola For the dirt road – 50km after Pongola turn of to Jozini. Through Jozini turn right at the fork and follow the signs to Mbazwana and Sodwana For the tar road – approx 100km after Pongola turn off to Hluhluwe, through the town and follow the signs to Mbazwana and Sodwana Proceed from Mbazwana to Sodwana bay Approximately 5km from Mbazwana turn right at the Emoyeni sign and the camp is about 200m on this dirt road GPS reference: 27°30.614′ S   032°37.227’E Originally posted 2015-07-23 18:16:50.