Save bandwidth on Windows 8 by disabling automatic app updates

Apps may be automatically updated on Windows 8 even if you never use the apps that ship with Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system by default and do not have a single other application installed on the device.

Apps are configured to auto-update if you are signing in with a Microsoft account. If you use a local account instead, they are not configured that way.

What this means is that Windows will check for updates regularly, and download and install those that it finds. If you use the app store and apps regularly, then you may like that, as it means that you do not have to download and install those updates manually.

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